Against Democracy
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071RNKSXC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 387 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of The Ethics of Voting (Princeton), Why Not Capitalism?, and Libertarianism. He writes regularly for Bleeding Heart Libertarians, a blog. He is the coauthor of Markets without Limits, Compulsory Voting, and A Brief History of Liberty. Jason Brennan is the Robert J. . and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Associate Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public
But Jason Brennan says they are all wrong.In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results—and the results are not good enough. Given this grim picture, Brennan argues that a new system of government—epistocracy, the rule of the knowledgeable—may be better than democracy, and that it's time to experiment and find out.A challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable, Against Democracy is essential reading for scholars and students of politics across the disciplines. But democracy is the rule of the ignorant and the irrational, and it all too often falls short. Featuring a new preface that situates the book within the current political climate and discusses other alternatives beyond epistocracy, Against Democracy
The case for elitism in governance never read so well."--Zocalo Public Square"Meticulous and crisply written."--Tom Clark, Prospect"Mercilessly well-argued."--Niko Kolodny, Boston Review. In the current toxic partisan climate, Brennan's polemic is as worth weighing as any other."--Kirkus Reviews"A brash, well-argued diatribe against the democratic system. Brennan presents a variety of strategies by which the quality of the electorate could be improved, while still keeping it large, and demographically representative. Sure to cause howls of disagreement, but in the current toxic partisan climate, Brennan's polemic is as worth weighing as
"Crowdsourcing is not consent of the governed" according to David Wineberg. The day after the Brexit referendum, the top internet search requests were for “benefits of EU membership”. This compactly explains Jason Brennan’s thesis in Against Democracy. Democracy is an operating system, nothing more. If you give it bad input&. "Thought provoking" according to Jim Harbison. Though many of the premises of this book will cause those of us rooted in a democratic tradition to shudder at first blush, the author makes us think with his persuasive arguments. And he causes us to think more widely outside the box, even if our eventual view may st. Must Read for Political Theorists An outstanding review of the historical and current defenses of democracies and the weakness to satisfy the principle of competency. Brennan offers a proposal for an epistocracy, a theory which advocates elimination of the voters who are ill-informed or not informed a