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010			_a 2017051901
020			_a9781609808105 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)NEW
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050	0	0	_aJC423 _b.R4532513 2016
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100	1		_aVan Reybrouck, David, _eauthor. _952807
240	1	0	_aTegen verkiezingen. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aAgainst elections : _bthe case for democracy / _cDavid Van Reybrouck ; introduction by Kofi Annan ; translated by Liz Waters.
250			_aFirst US edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bSeven Stories Press, _cc2016.
300			_axvii, 200 pages ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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			_a"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" --
650		0	_aDemocracy _xPhilosophy. _952808
650		0	_aDemocracy _xHistory. _952809
650		0	_aElections. _952810
700	1		_aAnnan, Kofi A. _q(Kofi Atta), _eauthor of introduction. _952811
700	1		_aWaters, Liz, _etranslator. _952812
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aVan Reybrouck, David, author. _tAgainst elections _bFirst US edition _dNew York : Seven Stories Press, 2018 _z9781609808112 _w(DLC) 2018013706
852			_aAyesha Abed Library _cAkbar Ali Khan Collection
942			_2ddc _cBK