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Why Bother With Elections?

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Why Bother With Elections?

By Adam Przeworski

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With the collapse of traditional parties around the world and with many pundits predicting a "crisis of democracy", the value of elections as a method for selecting by whom and how we are governed is being questioned. What are the virtues and weaknesses of elections? Are there limitations to what they can realistically achieve? In this deeply informed book world-renowned democratic theorist Adam Przeworski offers a warts-and-all analysis of elections and the ways in which they affect our lives. ...Show more

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9781509526604

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Polity Press

Published year

2018

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