Democracy rules / Jan-Werner Müller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Jan-Werner, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 236 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Summary:

"A discussion of the rules and norms underlying democracy with an emphasis on the role played by elections and political parties"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Fake Democracy: Everybody Has Their Reasons

But What Is Right-Wing (or, for That Matter, Left-Wing) Populism Anyway?

An Art of Governance

The Will of the People

The Double Secession

A Hard Border

2. Real Democracy: Liberty, Equality Uncertainty

President for a Day?

Representation or Democracy?

Democracy for Losers

Expect the Unexpected?

In Praise of "Demagogues"

Why Not Replace Representation with Random Selection?

3. Critical Infrastructure

What Matters About Intermediary Institutions

Planning (and Paying for) Infrastructure

Expect the Expected?

Is the Party Really Over?

4. Reopening

Closing Democracy to Save Democracy?

If All Else Fails? Democratic Disobedience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780374136475

0374136475

OCLC:

1153530740