TRUST IN THE CAPACITIES OF THE PEOPLE, DISTRUST ELITES

TRUST IN THE CAPACITIES OF THE PEOPLE, DISTRUST ELITES
TRUST IN THE CAPACITIES OF THE PEOPLE, DISTRUST ELITES

 

Kenneth Good

ISBN 978-1498502436

Lexington Books, 2014

The book offers a sharp critique of liberal democracy as found today, chiefly in Britain and the US, and issues a clarion call in favour of participatory democracy. Taking the Athenian model as inspiration, it argues that historical and contemporary attempts to realise democracy on a popular basis offer the prospect of a better future for all, Failures will be common, but even they further the capacity of ordinary people to build equitable democracies, and to assert control over privileged, self-serving  elites.