A Legacy Lost: An Active Observer Critiques the American Political Party Process by Stanley E. Tobin explores the erroneous way Americans elect a president
Los Angeles Calif. (PRWEB) April 22, 2007 -- A Legacy Lost: An Active Observer Critiques the American Political Party Process by retired Yale Law School attorney Stanley E. Tobin blends history and analysis to investigate the American political process.
Democracy, states author and retired attorney Stanley E. Tobin, is the finest form of government possible, but in order to really work, it requires wide citizen participation and the conflict of competing ideas. But Tobin also argues that democracy is actually being weakened by the primary system, which can nominate candidates by only 2 percent of the national electorate.
Clearly written and illuminating, Tobin's book explores his lifetime of political involvement, from his participation in the party process from the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1952 to the Democratic convention in Boston in 2004. He lays out a blueprint for a more successful political system, including party conferences held at midterm to stimulate political discourse, and revamping the primary system. In this bold, brave and very smart book, Tobin points the way to the kind of democracy the founding fathers envisioned.
Jan Giner Deutsch, Hamilton Professor of Law, Yale Law School, had this to say about Tobin's previous book, A Journey in Search of Justice: "Tobin has the advantage of not having to insist that being Utopian is not only possible, but also necessary…220 pages of pleasure."
For more information or to request a free review copy, please contact the author at tobinse@aol.com. A Legacy Lost: An Active Observer Critiques the American Political Party Process is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.
About the Author
Stanley E. Tobin graduated from Harvard University and Yale Law School and also taught at Stanford Law School. A retired senior partner of Hill, Farrer & Burrill in Los Angeles, California, he has been an active observer of American politics for almost 60 years. A Legacy Lost is his second book.
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