by David Van Reybrouck · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847924223
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«Against Elections: The Case for Democracy» is the political essay by David Van Reybrouck, published by Random House UK in paperback (208 pages, in English).
Van Reybrouck argues that the current electoral system, originally designed to keep the masses away from power, ends up limiting representation. As an alternative, he advocates reintroducing the lottery, a procedure of ancient democracy, and giving a central role to deliberative assemblies made up of citizens.
Translated into English by Liz Waters, it was originally published in Dutch as «Tegen verkiezingen» (2013). In 2014 it won the Henriette Roland Holst Prize and was shortlisted for the Prinsjesboekenprijs.
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