The dispersion of power : a critical realist theory of democracy / Samuel Ely Bagg.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191944024Subject(s): Democracy
| Politics and Government | Politics & governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780192848826DDC classification: 321.8 LOC classification: JC423 | .B3 2024Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: 'The Dispersion of Power' is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about what democracy is, why it matters, and how to make it better. Drawing from history, social science, psychology, and critical theory, it explains why elections do not and cannot realise the classic ideal of popular rule, and why prevailing strategies of democratic reform often make things worse. Instead, Bagg argues, we should see democracy as a way of protecting public power from capture - an alternative vision that is at once more realistic and more inspiring.
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Also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'The Dispersion of Power' is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about what democracy is, why it matters, and how to make it better. Drawing from history, social science, psychology, and critical theory, it explains why elections do not and cannot realise the classic ideal of popular rule, and why prevailing strategies of democratic reform often make things worse. Instead, Bagg argues, we should see democracy as a way of protecting public power from capture - an alternative vision that is at once more realistic and more inspiring.
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