Welcome to Litsy!

The first two-thirds of this book outlined the problems of democracy, and to be honest, it was a little boring at times. However, the last third of the book explored the solutions to the problems, and I found it fascinating. This book also introduced me to the ideas put forth by James S. Fishkin, and now I'm looking forward to reading his books as well.

#2024Book8

(Continued)...become a relative concept. This means that the great challenges of our day--climate change, banking crises, the euro crisis, economic crises, offshore fraud, migration, overpopulation--can no longer be dealt with adequately by national governments.

This slim, powerful volume of political philosophy plumbs the history of democracy to reveal a fresh, inspiring, & simple option for reviving modern democracy. If you find the political news of the day depressing, read this amazing little book & have your understanding of democracy turned upside down in the best way. Sortition, or the drawing of random lots (like juries) offers a viable alternative representative model to broken elections.