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David Van Reybrouck - Against Elections, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Against Elections

The Case for Democracy

Av David Van Reybrouck

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Whenever there are elections, the results are the same: fear-mongering, division and broken promises. Against Elections offers a new diagnosis – and an ancient remedy.'Excellent . . . Why does our system keep electing people whose incomes, assets, interests and psychology are hugely at variance with ours? Because that is what it is designed to do' George Monbiot, Guardian'Very persuasive . . . invigorating' Daniel Finkelstein, The TimesAs this ingenious book shows, the original purpose of elections was not democracy: it was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them.In fact, for most of its 3000-year history, democracy did not involve elections at all: members of the public were appointed to positions in government through a combination of volunteering and lottery.Based on studies and trials from around the globe, this hugely influential manifesto presents the practical case for a true democracy – one that actually works.Urgent, heretical and completely convincing, Against Elections leaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for?'Riveting' Irish Examiner'Persuasive' Financial Times'A convincing case' Observer
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-07-07
  • Mått: 135 x 216 x 16 mm
  • Vikt: 214 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 208
  • Förlag: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781847924223
  • Översättare: Liz Waters
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David Van Reybrouck (Author) David Van Reybrouck is the author of Congo: The Epic History of a People, which won twenty prizes, sold over half a million copies and has been translated into a dozen languages. His book Against Elections has been translated into more than twenty languages and has led to the trial use of participatory democracy in numerous countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain. His plays Mission and Para have been performed across Europe, and his novel Zinc won the European Book Prize 2017. Revolusi was first published in the Netherlands, where it was a major bestseller. David Van Reybrouck has been described as 'one of the leading intellectuals in Europe' (Der Tagesspiegel) and 'one of the most brilliant European intellectuals of the moment' (Le Soir). He is Belgian, writes in Dutch and is based in Brussels.

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Excellent . . . Why does our system keep electing people whose incomes, assets, interests and psychology are hugely at variance with ours? Because that is what it is designed to do

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2 recensioner, genomsnitt 4.5/5

  1. 4/5 Robert P

    He shows that in ancient Athens more citizens were involved in political decision-making. The revolutions in the USA and France led to constitutions that consolidated the power of male elites. There have been experiments in involving more citizens in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Belgium, with a system of lotteries leading to more democratic participation. Complaining about the poor quality of politicians is of no use. The system needs re-thinking, and the book shows how.

  2. 5/5 Ali M

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