Intelligent Democracy
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-776728-3 (ISBN)
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At the core of the book is the first systemic account of democracy's epistemic value. While it is common to focus on the faults of any one democratic body, Benson argues that democracy represents a much broader network of institutions which work together to produce a system which is more intelligent than any of its parts. The book examines how elections, deliberative assemblies, random sortition, and the open public sphere can be best connected, and offers innovative new proposals for improving our democratic systems. Through this approach, Benson shows that democracy is superior to regimes of epistocracy and political meritocracy which aim to empower the knowledgeable and exclude the ignorant, as well as proposals for granting greater powers to free markets or private companies. Drawing on work from political science, philosophy, and economics, Intelligent Democracy produces a unique epistemic justification of democratic politics and a robust answer to its critics.
Jonathan Benson is a Hallsworth Research Fellow at The University of Manchester. His research centers around political and democratic theory and has a strong connection to the interdisciplinary tradition of politics, philosophy, and economics. He has written widely on contemporary challenges to democracy, the role and limits of markets, as well as issues of political knowledge and communication. Benson received a PhD in Politics from The University of Manchester and previously taught at King's College London and Utrecht University.
Introduction: The new deomcratic scepticism
1. Democracy's epistemic problems
2. The limits of elections and markets
3. Democracy and the division of knowledge
4. Bias, misinformation, and the democratic system
5. Polycentricity for and against democracy
6. Diversity and political problem-solving
7. Elections and elite rule
8. The sortition branch
Conclusion: A more intelligent democracy
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.05.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | Philosophy, Politics, and Economics |
Zusatzinfo | 4 |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 162 x 240 mm |
Gewicht | 549 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-776728-1 / 0197767281 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-776728-3 / 9780197767283 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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