Is Democracy Possible?: The Alternative to Electoral PoliticsUniversity of California Press, 1 янв. 1985 г. - Всего страниц: 205 In this provocative book, John Burnheim argues that there is an alternative to our current political and economic structure. In a bold and original discussion of how and why the present system fails and what we might do to bring about genuine democracy, Burnheim offers the outline of a new kind of society, forcing us to reexamine our assumptions about the limits and possibilities of modern political systems. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE | 19 |
DEMOCRACY AND BUREAUCRACY | 51 |
DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION | 82 |
Negotiation and size Representation and function | 110 |
and responsibility Representation | 122 |
IS DEMARCHY POSSIBLE? | 150 |
The promise of demarchy | 180 |
Notes | 188 |
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