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Is Democracy Possible?

The Alternative to Electoral Democracy

John Burnheim

ISBN: 9781920898427

DOI: 10.30722/sup.9781920898427

Publication date: 01 September 2006

In Is Democracy Possible? John Burnheim presents bold and original proposals for the working of a new democracy. In particular he provides a radical reinterpretation of the concept and mechanics of representation and a structure that is designed to avoid concentrations of power and powertrading at any level. Among other points, he argues that we must abandon mass voting in favour of statistical representation.

About the authors

John Burnheim is a former professor of philosophy.

 

This is an Open Access book licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence.

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