Against Elections: The Case for Democracy

<p><b>Whenever there are elections, the results are the same: fear-mongering, division and broken promises. <i>Against Elections </i>offers a new diagnosis <i>-</i> and an ancient remedy</b><b>.</b><br /><br /><b>'Excellent</b> . . . 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' <b>George Monbiot, <i>Guardian</i></b><br /><br />'<b>Very persuasive</b> . . . invigorating' <b>Daniel Finkelstein, <i>The Times</i></b><br /><br />As 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.<br /><br />In 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.<br /><br />Based on studies and trials from around the globe, this hugely influential manifesto presents the practical case for a true democracy - one that actually works.<br /><br />Urgent, heretical and completely convincing, <i>Against Elections </i>leaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for?<br /><br /><b>'Riveting'</b> <i>Irish Examiner</i><br /><b>'Persuasive'</b> <i>Financial Times</i><br /><b>'A convincing case'</b> <i>Observer</i></p>

Paperback / softback | 208 pages | Published July 2016