Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less?

Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less? - Paperback

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Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less? - Paperback

Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less? - Paperback

by Jason Brennan , Hélène Landemore
$51.28
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Book Overview

Around the world, faith in democracy is falling. Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela have moved from flawed democracies to authoritarian regimes. Brexit and the rise of far-right parties show that even stable Western democracies are struggling. Partisanship and mutual distrust are increasing. What,
if anything, should we do about these problems? In this accessible work, leading philosophers Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore debate whether the solution lies in having less democracy or more.

Brennan argues that democracy has systematic flaws, and that democracy does not and cannot work the way most of us commonly assume. He argues the best solution is to limit democracy's scope and to experiment with certain voting systems that can overcome democracy's problems.

Landemore argues that democracy, defined as a regime that distributes power equally and inclusively, is a better way to generate good governance than oligarchies of knowledge. To her, the crisis of representative democracy comes in large part from its glaring democratic deficits. The solution is
not just more democracy, but a better kind, which Landemore theorizes as open democracy.
ISBN9780197540824
Author Jason Brennan , Hélène Landemore
PublisherOxford University Press
GenreNews & politics and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages298
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less?

Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less? - Paperback

Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less? - Paperback

By Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore
About Jason Brennan
Jason Brennan is the Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is the author of fourteen books, including The Ethics of Voting (Princeton University Press, 2012), Compulsory Voting: For and Against (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and Against Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2016). His books have been translated twenty-four times into thirteen languages. He specializes in democratic theory and politics, philosophy, and economics.
About Hélène Landemore
Hélène Landemore is a political theorist and the Damon Wells '58 Professor of Political Science at Yale University. Her work explores the foundations and future of democracy, with a particular focus on participatory and deliberative innovations. She is the author of Open Democracy, a widely influential book that has shaped global debates about citizen participation and democratic legitimacy.

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