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Summary:

"Julia Cagé scrutinizes contemporary democracies and offers a new approach to the crisis of political representation. She proposes radical solutions for political funding and participation, including "Democratic Equality Vouchers" and a "Mixed Assembly" model where disadvantaged socioeconomic groups are guaranteed a significant fraction of seats"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Democratic exhaustion
• Part One. When the poor pay for the rich: The cost of democracy : first benchmarks
• The private funding of democracy : a system designed for the rich
• The realities of private funding : when the taxes of the many pay for the conservative preferences of the few
• Beyond politics : private funding of the "public good"
• Part Two. Missed opportunities: A hope? Public funding of parties and election campaigns
• The public funding of democracy : a system in danger
• Are America's aberrations a danger for Europe?
• The price of a vote : from local elections to general microtargeting
• Part Three. Let's save democracy! Reshaping political and social democracy
• Has the last word been said? From the illusion of permanence to the novelty of democratic vouchers
• Towards a democratization of the "private" funding of democracy and a new way of publicly funding parties
• Towards a mixed assembly : social and political
• Conclusion: The prerequisites of "permanent" democracy.

Author/Creator:

Cagé, Julia , author

Contributors:

Camiller, Patrick , translator

Languages:

English
French

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): French

Main Work:

Prix de la démocratie [by Cagé, J.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Price of democracy [by Cagé, J.] (Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020 — ISBN 9780674987289; LCCN 2019046708; OCLC Number 1112266890)

Subjects:

Democracy

Representative government and representation

General Notes:

Originally published in French as Le prix de la démocratie, Paris : Fayard, 2018. Preface first published in the paperback edition of Le prix de la démocratie, Paris : Gallimard, Julia Cagé, 2020--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 421 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

JC423 .C22413 2020eb

ISBNs:

9780674246133 (pdf)
0674246136 (pdf)
9780674246119 (electronic bk.)
067424611X (electronic bk.)
9780674987289 (hardcover) [Invalid]
0674987284
9780674987289

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019046708

OCLC Numbers:

1144932156