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📘 Against elections by David Van Reybrouck

David Van Reybrouck’s *Against Elections* argues that contemporary electoral practices have degraded the health of democracy, fostering populism, fear, and cynicism toward elites. He traces the origins of elections to a relatively recent innovation in an otherwise 3,000‑year history where political roles were assigned by lottery and voluntary service. Drawing on global examples, the book offers a concrete proposal for restoring a functional democracy grounded in older, more inclusive selection mechanisms. The work is presented as urgent, heterodox, and persuasive, leaving readers to question what steps should be taken next.

First publish date: 2013

Genre: Philosophy/Ethics

Authors: David Van Reybrouck

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