%0 Journal Article
%T A Defective Democracy: The Case of the United States
%A John Dreijmanis
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 1
%N 5
%P 1-5
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2014
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1100669
%X According to the six criteria of Wolfgang Merkel and Auriel Croissant to
distinguish various political systems, the United States is a defective
democracy, with increasing socio-economic inequality.
%K Defective Democracy
%K Dominant Beliefs
%K Defects
%K United States
%K Gini Coefficient
%K Wolfgang Merkel
%K Auriel Croissant
%K Socio-Economic Inequality
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3096224