William Schreckhise — associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Arkansas — confronts this question in his new book Evaluating American Democracy and Public Policymaking.
In confronting this question, this book covers:
- citizen trust and confidence in their governmental institutions;
- equality of participation in American political institutions;
- responsiveness of public policy to public opinion, ability of political actors to create effective public policy; and
- extent that political system costs and benefits Americans of different classes, races, genders, and ages.