Against elections

Against elections: the case for democracy

by Van Reybrouck, David

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Democracy is in bad health. This book offers a new diagnosis - and an ancient remedy. It shows that the original purpose of elections was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them. Based on studies and trials from around the globe, it presents the practical case for a true democracy - one that actually works. --Publisher

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Against elections : the case for democracy / David Van Reybrouck ; translated by Liz Waters.

Summary

Democracy is in bad health. This book offers a new diagnosis - and an ancient remedy. It shows that the original purpose of elections was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them. Based on studies and trials from around the globe, it presents the practical case for a true democracy - one that actually works. --Publisher

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):The Bodley head
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2016.

Notes

"First published under the title Tegen Verkiezingen by De Bezige Bij in 2013"--Colophon.

The Physical Object

  • Description:200 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781847924223, 1847924220
  • oclc:ocn956622974
  • LC Classification:JC423
  • Dewey Decimal:321.8

Table of Contents

I. Symptoms -- Enthusiasm and mistrust: The-paradox of democracy -- Crisis of legitimacy: Support is crumbling -- Crisis of efficiency: Declining vigour -- II. Diagnoses -- It's the fault of politicians: The diagnosis of populism -- It's the fault of democracy: The diagnosis of the technocracy -- It's the fault of representative democracy: The diagnosis of direct democracy -- It's the fault of electoral-representative democracy: A new diagnosis -- III. Pathogenesis -- A democratic procedure: Drawing lots (antiquity and Renaissance) -- An aristocratic procedure: Elections (eighteenth century) -- The democratisation of elections: A bogus process (nineteenth and twentieth centuries) -- IV. Remedies -- The revival of sortition: Deliberative democracy (late twentieth century) -- Democratic innovation in practice: An international quest (2004 -- 2013) -- Democratic innovation in the future: Allotted assemblies -- Blueprint for a democracy based on sortition -- Timely appeal for a bi-representative system.

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Subjects

democracy Democracy -- History Democracy -- Philosophy Demokratie Elections History Kritik Politics and government Politikverdrossenheit Politische Beteiligung Wahl

Writers

Van Reybrouck, David Waters, Liz

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