Functional Democracy: How Alaska’s Bipartisan Power-Sharing Agreement Can Encourage Consensus-Based Politics in an Age of Governmental Dysfunction

• In Event: The Politics of Rules and Procedures

Brief Overview

The 2023 Alaska State Senate bipartisan coalition was spurred by a desire to avoid polarizing politics and embrace a more practical and functional process of policymaking. What explains its success and can it be replicated elsewhere?

Author

• Thomas Goodman, Rhodes College