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The Price of Democracy : How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do about It / Julia Cagé ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cagé, Julia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Representative government and representation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 421 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Julia Cagé scrutinizes contemporary democracies and offers a new approach to the crisis of political representation. She proposes radical solutions for political funding and participation, including “Democratic Equality Vouchers” and a “Mixed Assembly” model where disadvantaged socioeconomic groups are guaranteed a significant fraction of seats.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction: Democratic Exhaustion
- PART ONE. WHEN THE POOR PAY FOR THE RICH
- PART TWO. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
- PART THREE. LET’S SAVE DEMOCRACY!
- Conclusion: The Prerequisites of “Permanent” Democracy
- Notes
- Contents in Detail
- Figures
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780674246119
- 067424611X
- 9780674246133
- 0674246136
- OCLC:
- 1144932156
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