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Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections by Alexander Guerrero is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections about?
Democracy is in trouble. What is going wrong? What should we do? Lottocracy argues that, perhaps surprisingly, the problem is with the heart of modern democracy: the election. Elections are failing as accountability mechanisms. Elections provide powerful short-term incentives, leading elected politicians to downplay long-term catastrophic concerns. Elections create division where none need exist. The most powerful among us take advantage of this to control who is elected, what policies are enact
Who reads Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alexander Guerrero
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198938989
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Political Science, Philosophy, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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