Closing the urban-rural power divide : envisioning a United city-States of America / Thor Hogan.

This book proposes a radical reorganization of political and electoral power to address the current political imbalance between urban and rural populations in the United States. Hogan argues that, despite being smaller in population, a "financialist-ruralist coalition" has effectively used...

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Main Author: Hogan, Thor (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 1. America's Cold Civil War and the Need for a Third Founding -- 2. The Legitimate Grievances of the Metropolitan Majority -- 3. The Ascent of American Cities -- 4. Creating City-States to Begin Closing the Urban-Rural Power Divide -- 5. Structural Reforms and the Restoration of Political Fairness -- 6. Pragmatism and an Urban-Oriented Policy Agenda -- 7. Cosmopolitanism, Livability, and the Return of a Unifying Identity. 
520 |a This book proposes a radical reorganization of political and electoral power to address the current political imbalance between urban and rural populations in the United States. Hogan argues that, despite being smaller in population, a "financialist-ruralist coalition" has effectively used the Constitution--especially equal representation in the Senate--to create an anti-urban "vetocracy." This political imbalance protects the interests of the financial elite and rural cultural conservatives, while effectively blocking urban interests, particularly regarding the adoption of a broad range of structural reforms and progressive policy preferences. By re-dividing many of the largest federated states into smaller city-states, the book posits, the United States would reduce the ability of non-urban interests to control the Senate. This would allow an empowered urbanite alliance to pass the forward-looking legislation the nation needs to remain internationally competitive in the coming decades--  |c Provided by publisher. 
545 |a Thor Hogan is a Professor of Politics and Environmental Sustainability at Earlham College, USA. 
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