You Call This Democracy?
How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: 253 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
"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.
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!
Subjects:
Democracy -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Youth -- Political activity -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Democracy -- United States.
Youth -- Political activity -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Politics and government.
Democracy -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Youth -- Political activity -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Democracy -- United States.
Youth -- Political activity -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Politics and government.
Target Audience: Ages 12+
ISBN:
9780358176923
Includes bibliographical references.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2021.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2021.