Why bother with elections?

by Przeworski, Adam

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Title Statements

Full title :Why bother with elections? / Adam Przeworski.

Summary

With the collapse of traditional parties around the world and with many pundits predicting a "crisis of democracy", the value of elections as a method for selecting by whom and how we are governed is being questioned. What are the virtues and weaknesses of elections? Are there limitations to what they can realistically achieve? In this deeply informed book world-renowned democratic theorist Adam Przeworski offers a warts-and-all analysis of elections and the ways in which they affect our lives. Elections, he argues, are inherently imperfect but they remain the least bad way of choosing our rulers. According to Przeworski, the greatest value of elections, by itself sufficient to cherish them, is that they process whatever conflicts may arise in society in a way that maintains relative liberty and peace. Whether they succeed in doing so in today's turbulent political climate remains to be seen.--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Polity Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 141 pages . : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1509526595, 1509526609, 1509526625, 9781509526598, 9781509526604, 9781509526628
oclc:on1041454399
LC Classification:JF1001
Dewey Decimal:324.6

Subjects

Culture politique Elections Gouvernement représentatif government governments (administrative bodies) Institutions politiques Political culture Politics, Practical Pratiques politiques Régimes représentatifs Representative government and represent…