Against Elections - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Against Elections write by David Van Reybrouck. This book was released on 2018-04-17. Against Elections available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A small book with great weight and urgency to it, this is both a history of democracy and a clarion call for change. "Without drastic adjustment, this system cannot last much longer," writes Van Reybrouck, regarded today as one of Europe's most astute thinkers. "If you look at the decline in voter turnout and party membership, and at the way politicians are held in contempt, if you look at how difficult it is to form governments, how little they can do and how harshly they are punished for it, if you look at how quickly populism, technocracy and anti-parliamentarianism are rising, if you look at how more and more citizens are longing for participation and how quickly that desire can tip over into frustration, then you realize we are up to our necks." Not so very long ago, the great battles of democracy were fought for the right to vote. Now, Van Reybrouck writes, "it's all about the right to speak, but in essence it's the same battle, the battle for political emancipation and for democratic participation. We must decolonize democracy. We must democratize democracy." As history, Van Reybrouck makes the compelling argument that modern democracy was designed as much to preserve the rights of the powerful and keep the masses in line, as to give the populace a voice. As change-agent, Against Elections makes the argument that there are forms of government, what he terms sortitive or deliberative democracy, that are beginning to be practiced around the world, and can be the remedy we seek. In Iceland, for example, deliberative democracy was used to write the new constitution. A group of people were chosen by lot, educated in the subject at hand, and then were able to decide what was best, arguably, far better than politicians would have. A fascinating, and workable idea has led to a timely book to remind us that our system of government is a flexible instrument, one that the people have the power to change.
Democracy and Elections
Democracy and Elections - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy and Elections write by Richard S. Katz. This book was released on 1997. Democracy and Elections available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Analyzing the electoral systems of various countries, including those of developing nations, this work examines the relationship between democratic theory values and the electoral institutions used to achieve them. Empirical data is used to find the institutions most appropriate to each model.
Democracy and Elections in Africa
Democracy and Elections in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy and Elections in Africa write by Staffan I. Lindberg. This book was released on 2006-09-11. Democracy and Elections in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publisher Description
Democracy, Accountability, and Representation
Democracy, Accountability, and Representation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy, Accountability, and Representation write by Adam Przeworski. This book was released on 1999-09-13. Democracy, Accountability, and Representation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 6 Party Government and Responsiveness: James A. Stimson
Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy
Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy write by J. Eric Oliver. This book was released on 2012-07-22. Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations for how people vote in local elections, particularly in the smaller cities, towns, and suburbs where most Americans live. Drawing on a wide variety of data sources and case studies, this book offers the first comprehensive analysis of electoral politics in America's municipalities. Arguing that current explanations of voting behavior are ill suited for most local contests, Eric Oliver puts forward a new theory that highlights the crucial differences between local, state, and national democracies. Being small in size, limited in power, and largely unbiased in distributing their resources, local governments are "managerial democracies" with a distinct style of electoral politics. Instead of hinging on the partisanship, ideology, and group appeals that define national and state elections, local elections are based on the custodial performance of civic-oriented leaders and on their personal connections to voters with similarly deep community ties. Explaining not only the dynamics of local elections, Oliver's findings also upend many long-held assumptions about community power and local governance, including the importance of voter turnout and the possibilities for grassroots political change.
