Against elections : (Record no. 45162)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2017051901
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781609808105 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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System control number (OCoLC)NEW
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Original cataloging agency LBSOR/DLC
Language of cataloging eng
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text dut
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number JC423
Item number .R4532513 2016
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 321.8
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Van Reybrouck, David,
Relator term author.
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240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title <a href="Tegen verkiezingen.">Tegen verkiezingen.</a>
Language of a work English
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Against elections :
Remainder of title the case for democracy /
Statement of responsibility, etc David Van Reybrouck ; introduction by Kofi Annan ; translated by Liz Waters.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First US edition
264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT.REV)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Seven Stories Press,
Date of publication, distribution,etc c2016.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvii, 200 pages ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The crisis of democracy / Kofi Annan -- Enthusiasm and mistrust : the paradox of democracy -- Crisis of legitimacy : support is crumbling -- Crisis of efficiency : declining vigour -- It's the fault of politicians : the diagnosis -- Of populism -- It's the fault of democracy : the diagnosis of the technocracy -- It's the fault of representative democracy : the diagnosis of direct democracy / -- It's the fault of electoral-representative democracy : a new diagnosis -- A democratic procedure : drawing lots (antiquity and renaissance) -- An aristocratic procedure : elections (eighteenth century) -- The democratisation of elections : a bogus process (nineteenth and twentieth centuries) -- The revival of sortition : deliberative democracy (late twentieth century) -- Democratic innovation in practice : an international quest (2004/2013) -- Democratic innovation in the future : allotted assemblies -- Blueprint for a democracy based on sortition -- Timely appeal for a bi-representative system.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Without drastic adjustment, this system cannot last much longer," writes Van Reybrouck. "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" --
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Democracy
General subdivision Philosophy.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Democracy
General subdivision History.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Elections.
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700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Annan, Kofi A.
Fuller form of name (Kofi Atta),
Relator term author of introduction.
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Personal name Waters, Liz,
Relator term translator.
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776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Online version:
Main entry heading Van Reybrouck, David, author.
Title Against elections
Edition First US edition
Place, publisher, and date of publication New York : Seven Stories Press, 2018
International Standard Book Number 9781609808112
Record control number (DLC) 2018013706
852 ## - LOCATION/CALL NUMBER
Location Ayesha Abed Library
Shelving location Akbar Ali Khan Collection
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    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Ayesha Abed Library Ayesha Abed Library Akbar Ali Khan Collection 12/12/2022 Donated by Akbar Ali Khan 1655.00   321.8 VAN 3010040170 12/12/2022 1 12/12/2022 Book