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The Process Is Part of the Problem
Getman, Julius
Getman, Julius
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Abstract
AMERICANS REVERE ELECTIONS. We use them to select our political leaders, our judges, our labor union officials, the directors of our major institutions, and a multitude of other holders of high office. Among other things, elections determine whether employees are to be represented by a union and whether corporations should be merged; they're increasingly used to decide questions of public policy through initiatives and referendums. However, as the articles in this symposium suggest, the proliferation of elections may in fact be undesirable and may increase the need for regulation and accompanying costs so much that it undercuts the values which elections are thought to promote.