UID:
almahu_9949597203202882
Format:
1 online resource (272 pages) :
,
illustration (black and white).
ISBN:
9780691208725 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Princeton scholarship online
Content:
To the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings, democracy meant meeting every summer in a field to discuss issues until consensus was reached. Our contemporary representative democracies are very different. Modern parliaments are gated and guarded, and it seems as if only certain people - with the right suit, accent, wealth, and connections - are welcome. Diagnosing what is wrong with representative government and aiming to recover some of the lost openness of ancient democracies, this book presents a new paradigm of democracy in which power is genuinely accessible to ordinary citizens.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780691181998
Language:
English
URL:
Princeton scholarship online
