The cure for our broken political process : how we can get our politicians to resolve the issues tearing our country apart / Sol Erdman & Lawrence Susskind

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index

Politics at its best -- How do outsiders solve problems that politicians won't? -- How to resolve any issue-as well as humanly possible -- Could politicians negotiate the best solutions? -- Why our lawmakers betray us -- Each lawmaker's predicament : whom do I represent? -- How did American politics get so dysfunctional? -- Each district as diverse as the whole United States -- Why do most voters feel so powerless? -- While most of us sleep, Congress does its worst -- Does the current system threaten our survival? -- Big changes can happen -- How to get politicians we can believe in -- Make each representative accountable-- for real -- How ideologically diverse do we want our politicians to be? -- Cementing the bond between citizens and lawmakers -- Answering skeptics -- How America could reach consensus -- Practical first steps -- A decade from now : our rejuvenated democracy.