{"product_id":"against-elections-the-case-for-democracy","title":"Against Elections: The Case for Democracy","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Whenever there are elections, the results are the same: fear-mongering, division and broken promises. \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Against Elections \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;offers a new diagnosis \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;-\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; and an ancient remedy\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Excellent\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; . . . 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' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;George Monbiot, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Guardian\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;'\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Very persuasive\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; . . . invigorating' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Daniel Finkelstein, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;Urgent, heretical and completely convincing, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Against Elections \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;leaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for?\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Riveting'\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Irish Examiner\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Persuasive'\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Financial Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A convincing case'\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Observer\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 208 pages | Published July 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63966591779165,"sku":"9781847924223","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/against-elections-the-case-for-democracy","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}