Jonathan Benson

Intelligent Democracy (eBook, ePUB)

Answering the New Democratic Scepticism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Whether due to Donald Trump, Brexit, or the rise of populism, many are increasingly questioning the value of democracy. Complaints of ignorant voters, irrational public debate, and disconnected politicians have led some to suggest that democracies are destined to make bad decisions, and to propose alternatives. In Intelligent Democracy, political theorist Jonathan Benson rejects this new democratic scepticism. He argues that democracies can make effective use of knowledge, engage in experimentation, utilise diversity, and motivate decisions towards the common good-and that they can do all these things better than their rivals. Benson pleads that we value democracy, not only because it treats us all equally, but because it is intelligent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197767306
• Artikelnr.: 72261788

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Benson is a Hallsworth Research Fellow at The University of Manchester. His research centers around political and democratic theory and has a strong connection to the interdisciplinary tradition of politics, philosophy, and economics. He has written widely on contemporary challenges to democracy, the role and limits of markets, as well as issues of political knowledge and communication. Benson received a PhD in Politics from The University of Manchester and previously taught at King's College London and Utrecht University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The new deomcratic scepticism
1. Democracy's epistemic problems
2. The limits of elections and markets
3. Democracy and the division of knowledge
4. Bias, misinformation, and the democratic system
5. Polycentricity for and against democracy
6. Diversity and political problem-solving
7. Elections and elite rule
8. The sortition branch
Conclusion: A more intelligent democracy