Against Elections The Case for Democracy
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David van Reybrouck
- Engels
- Paperback
- 9781609808105
- 17 april 2018
- 208 pagina's
David van Reybrouck
David Van Reybrouck (1971) is cultuurhistoricus, archeoloog en schrijver van non-fictie, theater en poëzie. Hij debuteerde in 2001 met
De plaag, dat veelvuldig werd bekroond en vertaald. Zijn grootste succes behaalde hij met
Congo. Een geschiedenis, waarvoor hij onder andere de Libris Geschiedenisprijs 2010 en de AKO Literatuurprijs 2010 kreeg.
Congo is inmiddels in 13 talen vertaald, waaronder het Engels, Chinees, Deens en Frans. Het werd tevens bekroond met de Prix Médicis 2012. Zijn roemruchte essay
Pleidooi voor populisme leverde hem de Jan Hanlo Essayprijs 2009 op en de Vlaamse Cultuurprijs Kritiek en Essay 2009. Hij schreef verder de roman
Slagschaduw en het pamflet
Tegen verkiezingen (2014), dat bekroond werd met de Henriëtte Roland Holstprijs. In 2014 ontving hij de Gouden Ganzenveer. Hij is de auteur van het Boekenweekessay 2016 Op bol.com vind je alle boeken van David van Reybrouck, waaronder het nieuwste boek van David van Reybrouck.
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A small book with great weight and urgency to it, this is both a history of democracy and a clarion call for change.
"Without drastic adjustment, this system cannot last much longer," writes Van Reybrouck, regarded today as one of Europe's most astute thinkers. "If you look at the decline in voter turnout and party membership, and at the way politicians are held in contempt, if you look at how difficult it is to form governments, how little they can do and how harshly they are punished for it, if you look at how quickly populism, technocracy and anti-parliamentarianism are rising, if you look at how more and more citizens are longing for participation and how quickly that desire can tip over into frustration, then you realize we are up to our necks."
Not so very long ago, the great battles of democracy were fought for the right to vote. Now, Van Reybrouck writes, "it's all about the right to speak, but in essence it's the same battle, the battle for political emancipation and for democratic participation. We must decolonize democracy. We must democratize democracy."
As history, Van Reybrouck makes the compelling argument that modern democracy was designed as much to preserve the rights of the powerful and keep the masses in line, as to give the populace a voice. As change-agent, Against Elections makes the argument that there are forms of government, what he terms sortitive or deliberative democracy, that are beginning to be practiced around the world, and can be the remedy we seek. In Iceland, for example, deliberative democracy was used to write the new constitution. A group of people were chosen by lot, educated in the subject at hand, and then were able to decide what was best, arguably, far better than politicians would have.
A fascinating, and workable idea has led to a timely book to remind us that our system of government is a flexible instrument, one that the people have the power to change.
"Without drastic adjustment, this system cannot last much longer," writes Van Reybrouck, regarded today as one of Europe's most astute thinkers. "If you look at the decline in voter turnout and party membership, and at the way politicians are held in contempt, if you look at how difficult it is to form governments, how little they can do and how harshly they are punished for it, if you look at how quickly populism, technocracy and anti-parliamentarianism are rising, if you look at how more and more citizens are longing for participation and how quickly that desire can tip over into frustration, then you realize we are up to our necks."
Not so very long ago, the great battles of democracy were fought for the right to vote. Now, Van Reybrouck writes, "it's all about the right to speak, but in essence it's the same battle, the battle for political emancipation and for democratic participation. We must decolonize democracy. We must democratize democracy."
As history, Van Reybrouck makes the compelling argument that modern democracy was designed as much to preserve the rights of the powerful and keep the masses in line, as to give the populace a voice. As change-agent, Against Elections makes the argument that there are forms of government, what he terms sortitive or deliberative democracy, that are beginning to be practiced around the world, and can be the remedy we seek. In Iceland, for example, deliberative democracy was used to write the new constitution. A group of people were chosen by lot, educated in the subject at hand, and then were able to decide what was best, arguably, far better than politicians would have.
A fascinating, and workable idea has led to a timely book to remind us that our system of government is a flexible instrument, one that the people have the power to change.
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