{"product_id":"open-democracy-9780691181998","title":"Open Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finalist for the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOpen Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like. Her model is based on the simple idea that, if government by the people is a goal, the people ought to do the governing.\"\u003cb\u003e---Nathan Heller, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A great defence of both sortition and deliberation as complements to representative democracy.\"\u003cb\u003e---Pratap Bhanu Mehta, \u003ci\u003eOpen Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A bold exploration of how we can move beyond a purely electoral conception of democratic representation. Using normative democratic theory and real-world examples of innovations in citizen representation, Hélène Landemore argues for a vision of democracy that is more faithful to popular rule, more likely to tap into democratic reason, and more stable and durable than electoral democracy.\"\u003cb\u003e---Erica Yu, \u003ci\u003eErasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious. . . . A scheme that breaks with two liberal-democratic institutions that are usually taken for granted: elections and political parties.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jan-Werner Mueller, \u003ci\u003eProject Syndicate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Landemore] argues that we need a new, more inclusive system of governance that is less elitist and more participatory to cure what ails democracy.\" * The Nation *\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating, wide-ranging book.\"\u003cb\u003e---Rachael Walsh, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Constitutional Law\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Important.\"\u003cb\u003e---Christopher Kutz, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403859566935,"sku":"9780691181998","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691181998.jpg?v=1730484742","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/open-democracy-9780691181998","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}