{"product_id":"democracy-without-politicians-terry-bouricius-9781041125549","title":"Democracy Without Politicians: Government By the People","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explains how electoral \"democracy\" is inherently \u003ci\u003eun\u003c\/i\u003edemocratic--enshrining rule by elites rather than popular self-rule--and argues that \u003ci\u003esortition\u003c\/i\u003e (the use of random selection to form genuinely representative deliberative bodies) is a superior democratic alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking the case that representative government can function better without the exclusive reliance on elections, the author sets out the problems with modern elections, the inadequacies of the commonly proposed reforms, and examines the cognitive biases, detrimental psychological effects and societal polarization that elections exacerbate. The book further delves into the progression of democracy and sortition in ancient Greece, and the abandonment of sortition in the framing of the American Constitution and French Republic. Finally, it sets out both immediate and long-term prospects for renewing democracy through the use of multi-body sortition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a former elected politician and policy analyst, this book will be of interest to students, researchers and citizens interested in comprehensive democracy reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Bouricius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1041125542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781041125549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Terry Bouricius","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623537127679,"sku":"9781041125549","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-without-politicians-terry-bouricius-9781041125549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}