Why Bother with Elections? Przeworski AdamPaperback
Why Bother with Elections? Przeworski AdamPaperback With the collapse of traditional parties around the world and with many pundits predicting a "crisis of democracy", the value of elections as a…
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Why Bother with Elections? Przeworski AdamPaperback
With the collapse of traditional parties around the world and with many pundits predicting a "crisis of democracy", the value of elections as a method for selecting by whom and how we are governed is being questioned. Are there limitations to what they can realistically achieve?In this deeply informed book world-renowned democratic theorist Adam Przeworski offers a warts-and-all analysis of elections and the ways in which they affect our lives. What are the virtues and weaknesses of elections?
According to Przeworski, the greatest value of elections, by itself sufficient to cherish them, is that they process whatever conflicts may arise in society in a way that maintains relative liberty and peace. Elections, he argues, are inherently imperfect but they remain the least bad way of choosing our rulers. Whether they succeed in doing so in today's turbulent political climate