{"product_id":"9781847924223-against-elections","title":"Against Elections","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Case for Democracy\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy is in bad health. This book offers a new diagnosis - and an ancient remedy. It shows that the original purpose of elections was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them. Based on studies and trials from around the globe, it presents the practical case for a true democracy - one that actually works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhenever there are elections, the results are the same: fear-mongering, division and broken promises. \u003ci\u003eAgainst Elections \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a new diagnosis \u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e and an ancient remedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Excellent\u003c\/b\u003e . Why does our system keep electing people whose incomes, assets, interests and psychology are hugely at variance with ours? Because that is what it is designed to do' \u003cb\u003eGeorge Monbiot, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eVery persuasive\u003c\/b\u003e . invigorating' \u003cb\u003eDaniel Finkelstein, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs this ingenious book shows, the original purpose of elections was not democracy: it was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUrgent, heretical and completely convincing, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Elections \u003c\/i\u003eleaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Riveting'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Persuasive'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A convincing case'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945955307617,"sku":"9781847924223","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32396806.jpg?v=1739862953","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847924223-against-elections","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}