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."
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Do We Need More or Less?
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780197540848
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic US
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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