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Dick Simpson draws upon his fifty-year career as a legislator, campaign strategist, and government advisor to examine the challenges confronting Americans in their struggle to build the United States as a multiracial, multiethnic democracy. Using Chicago as an example, Simpson examines how the political, racial, economic, and social inequalities dividing the nation play out in our neighborhoods and cities. His investigation of our current crisis and its causes delves into issues like money in politics, low voter participation, the politics of resentment, political corruption, and a host of structural problems. But Democracy's Rebirth goes beyond analysis. Simpson lays out a sober, practical manifesto meant to inspire people everywhere to educate themselves and do the hard work of creating the kind of strong institutions that will allow true democracy to flourish. With a foreword by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot.
Contents
Foreword LORI LIGHTFOOT ix
1 Challenges to Democracy 1
2 The Rise and Fall of Democracy 7
3 Income and Racial Inequality 21
4 Money in Politics 43
5 Nonparticipation 61
6 Polarization and the Politics of Resentment 83
7 Corruption 105
8 Structural Problems 123
9 Cascading Crises 151
10 Deliberative Democracy 165
11 Spirit of Democracy 193
Acknowledgments 211
Notes 213
Index 243
