{"product_id":"against-elections-the-case-for-democracy","title":"Against Elections: The Case for Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eDemocracy is in bad health. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Elections\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new diagnosis \u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e and an ancient remedy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFear-mongering populists, distrust in the establishment, personality contests instead of reasoned debate: these are the results of the latest elections.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn fact, as this ingenious book shows, the original purpose of elections was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet for most of its 3000-year history, democracy did not involve elections at all: members of the public were appointed to positions in government through a combination of volunteering and lottery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on studies and trials from around the globe, this hugely influential manifesto presents the practical case for a true democracy – one that actually works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrgent, heretical and completely convincing, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Elections\u003c\/i\u003e leaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bodley Head\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781847924223\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Reybrouck, David Van","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47953860165809,"sku":"SB-1847924220-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/against-elections-the-case-for-democracy","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}