Intensifying economic and political inequality poses a dangerous
threat to the liberty of democratic citizens. Mounting evidence
suggests that economic power, not popular will, determines public
policy, and that elections consistently fail to keep public
officials accountable to the people. McCormick confronts this dire
situation through a dramatic reinterpretation of Niccol-
Machiavelli's political thought. Highlighting previously neglected
democratic strains in Machiavelli's major writings, McCormick
excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient,
medieval and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy
citizens and public magistrates, and he imagines how such
institutions might be revived today. It reassesses one of the
central figures in the Western political canon and decisively
intervenes into current debates over institutional design and
democratic reform. McCormick proposes a citizen body that excludes
socioeconomic and political elites and grants randomly selected
common people significant veto, legislative and censure authority
within government and over public officials.
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