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You call this democracy? : how to fix our government and deliver power to the people / Elizabeth Rusch.

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Publisher	Boston, MA ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Copyright	©2020

Description

253 pages, 29 unnumbered pages : illustrations, charts, maps (some color) ; 22 cm

LOCATION	CALL NUMBER	VOL	BARCODE	LAST CHECKIN	STATUS
HF-Adult Nonfiction	320.973 RUS		30632003920406	(none)	AVAILABLE

BIBLIOGRAPHY	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Do you live in a democracy? -- You can't vote for president -- Strange maps -- Unrepresentative Senate -- Elections for sale -- The right to lie -- Suppressing the vote -- Shut out of statehood -- Barred from voting -- Too young to vote? -- Real representation -- Voter turnoff -- Let's fix our democracy! -- further reading -- To a special group of committed people -- Notes.
Summary	"America is the greatest democracy in the world...isn't it? Author Elizabeth Rusch examines some of the more problematic aspects of our government but, more importantly, offers ways for young people to fix them."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 12+
	IL: Grades 7-8.
Subject	Democracy -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Youth -- Political activity -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.
Other title	How to fix our government and return power to the people
ISBN	9780358176923
	0358176921
	9781725482371

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