A Defective Democracy: The Case of the United States - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.1 No.5, August 2014

Open Access Library Journal

Volume 1, Issue 5 (August 2014)

ISSN Print: 2333-9705 ISSN Online: 2333-9721

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A Defective Democracy: The Case of the United States ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100669 1,269 Downloads 2,867 Views

Author(s)

John Dreijmanis

Affiliation(s)

Formerly Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

ABSTRACT

According to the six criteria of Wolfgang Merkel and Auriel Croissant to distinguish various political systems, the United States is a defective democracy, with increasing socio-economic inequality.

KEYWORDS

Defective Democracy, Dominant Beliefs, Defects, United States, Gini Coefficient, Wolfgang Merkel, Auriel Croissant, Socio-Economic Inequality

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Dreijmanis, J. (2014) A Defective Democracy: The Case of the United States. Open Access Library Journal, 1, 1-5. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1100669.

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