The Next Democracy? : The Possibility of Popular Control.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (164 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: At the Crossroads -- Chapter Two: General Direct Democracy -- Chapter Three: Occupy and Consensus -- Chapter Four: Weber and the Difficulties of Scaling Up -- Chapter Five: Arendt and Council Democracy -- Chapter Six: The Tyranny of the Majority -- Chapter Seven: The Rule of the Unwise -- Chapter Eight: Gandhi's Local Democracy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Responding to widespread disenchantment with electoral politics, this book gives a practical examination of the possibilities offered by a generalized system of direct democracy.