| Popis: |
This chapter addresses the implications of the new party system for the foundational democratic norm of shared fairness. If people cannot agree on fair democratic processes, then nothing is legitimate. If nothing is legitimate, people no longer have rule of law. The chapter then discusses the breakdown of procedural fairness in election law, focusing on gerrymandering and voting rules; examines how partisanship is shaping facts and information; and looks ahead at what happens without shared understandings or shared rules in politics. It looks very ugly, and potentially violent. Given that all these problems are self-reinforcing doom loops in a two-party system, it will be very hard to break them without major electoral reforms to facilitate more parties. |
