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Democracy May Not Exist But We'll Miss it When It's Gone (Paperback)
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Democracy May Not Exist But We'll Miss it When It's Gone (Paperback)
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Democracy is in crisis. In every major company it has been stole by
elites or in the hands of strong men. In democracy's name we see a
raft of policies that spread inequality and xenophobia worldwide.
It is clear that democracy - the principle of government by and for
the people - is not living up to its promise. In fact, real
democracy- inclusive and egalitarian - has in fact never existed.
In this urgent and engaging book, Astra Taylor invites us to
re-examine the term. Is democracy a means or an end? A process or a
set of desired outcomes? What if the those outcomes, whatever they
may be - peace, prosperity, equality, liberty, an engaged citizenry
- can be achieved by non-democratic means? Or if an election leads
to a terrible outcome? If democracy means rule by the people, what
does it mean to rule and who counts as the people? The inherent
paradoxes are too often unnamed and unrecognized. But to ignore
them is no longer possible. Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss
It When It's Gone offers a better understanding of what is
possible, what we want, and why democracy is so hard to realize.
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