Debating democracy : do we need more or less? / Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennan, Jason, 1979- author.

Landemore, Hélène, 1976- author.

Series:

Debating ethics.

Debating ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Democracy--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 290 pages).

Other Title:

Do we need more or less?

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In this accessible text, leading scholars Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore ask, what good is democracy and is there any better alternative? Brennan argues that democracy suffers from built-in systematic flaws. There is no way to fix these flaws - we can only contain them, or jettison democracy for a better system of representative government. Landemore argues that our problem is that we have not been using real democracy.

Contents:

Introduction: How to Fix What Ails Democracy?

Part 1

1. How Real Democracy Really Works

2. Is the Solution More Democracy?

3. Democracy: Maybe Less Is More

4. Alternatives to Democracy

References

Part 2

Introduction

5. The Argument for Democracy

6. Objections

7. Against Epistocracies

8. If Democracy Is Such a Smart Regime, Why Are Democracies Doing So Poorly at the Moment and How Can We Fix Them?

Reference

Part 3

9. Brennan: Response to Landemore

10. Landemore: Response to Brennan.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-754085-6

0-19-754084-8

OCLC:

1257400942