{"product_id":"debating-democracy-do-we-need-more-or-less-9780197540824","title":"Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less?","description":"Around the world, faith in democracy is falling. Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela have moved from flawed democracies to authoritarian regimes. Brexit and the rise of far-right parties show that even stable Western democracies are struggling. Partisanship and mutual distrust are increasing. What, \u003cbr\u003eif anything, should we do about these problems? In this accessible work, leading philosophers Jason Brennan and H?l?ne Landemore debate whether the solution lies in having less democracy or more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrennan argues that democracy has systematic flaws, and that democracy does not and cannot work the way most of us commonly assume. He argues the best solution is to limit democracy's scope and to experiment with certain voting systems that can overcome democracy's problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLandemore argues that democracy, defined as a regime that distributes power equally and inclusively, is a better way to generate good governance than oligarchies of knowledge. To her, the crisis of representative democracy comes in large part from its glaring democratic deficits. The solution is\u003cbr\u003enot just more democracy, but a better kind, which Landemore theorizes as open democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Brennan\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is the author of fourteen books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Ethics of Voting \u003c\/em\u003e(Princeton University Press, 2012), \u003cem\u003e Compulsory Voting: For and Against \u003c\/em\u003e(Cambridge University Press, 2014), and \u003cem\u003eAgainst Democracy \u003c\/em\u003e(Princeton University Press, 2016). His books have been translated twenty-four times into thirteen languages. He specializes in democratic theory and politics, philosophy, and economics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHélène\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLandemore\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Political Science at Yale University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eDemocratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many \u003c\/em\u003e(Princeton University Press, 2012), which won the Spitz Prize in 2015, and \u003cem\u003eOpen Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the 21st Century Century \u003c\/em\u003e(Princeton University Press, 2020). She researches democratic theory, constitutional theory, and political epistemology. She serves as an advisor to the French government on the use of citizen participation in policy-making.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382161346834,"sku":"9780197540824","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee93af7d-d982-42d8-af7a-5001c75273b0.jpg?v=1728705789","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/debating-democracy-do-we-need-more-or-less-9780197540824","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}