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Author : John Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1776
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : CHI:40832257
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1769
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10281177
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1709
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1096625724
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Representative government and representation
ISBN : UOMDLP:abx0154:0001.001
Author : George Rous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1791
Category : France
ISBN : NYPL:33433081977617
Author : John Wrottesley (Lord Wrottesley.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000706416
Author : John Wrottesley Baron Wrottesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015062337764
Author : Sir Thomas Bond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1799
Category : Church and state
ISBN : BL:A0021780660
Author : Sir Arthur Helps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Political science
ISBN : PSU:000055463843
Author : John Locke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Liberty
ISBN : 7500426518
Author : Sir Arthur Helps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:46956038
Author : American Library Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UIUC:30112060168629
Author : Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Political science
ISBN : UOMDLP:1748379:0001.001
Author : Jason Brennan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400888399
A bracingly provocative challenge to one of our most cherished ideas and institutions Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us—it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But Jason Brennan says they are all wrong. In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results—and the results are not good enough. Just as defendants have a right to a fair trial, citizens have a right to competent government. But democracy is the rule of the ignorant and the irrational, and it all too often falls short. Furthermore, no one has a fundamental right to any share of political power, and exercising political power does most of us little good. On the contrary, a wide range of social science research shows that political participation and democratic deliberation actually tend to make people worse—more irrational, biased, and mean. Given this grim picture, Brennan argues that a new system of government—epistocracy, the rule of the knowledgeable—may be better than democracy, and that it's time to experiment and find out. A challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable, Against Democracy is essential reading for scholars and students of politics across the disciplines. Featuring a new preface that situates the book within the current political climate and discusses other alternatives beyond epistocracy, Against Democracy is a challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable.
Author : Bernard Manin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521458919
The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative democracy is no more than an indirect form of government by the people, in which citizens elect representatives only because they cannot assemble and govern in person. The argument is developed by examining the historical moments when the present institutional arrangements were chosen from among the then available alternatives. Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in Europe and America, it was designed in opposition to democracy proper. Drawing on the procedures used in earlier republican systems, from classical Athens to Renaissance Florence, in order to highlight the alternatives that were forsaken, Manin brings to the fore the generally overlooked results of representative mechanisms. These include the elitist aspect of elections and the non-binding character of campaign promises.
