Saving Democracy - 9780804754989

Saving DemocracyA Plan for Real Representation in America\nAuthor(s): Kevin OLeary\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford Law and Politics\nISBN-13: 9780804754989, 978-0804754989\nSynopsis\nSaving Democracy presents a bold yet practical plan for reinventing American democracy for the twenty-first century. The book diagnoses contemporary political ills as symptoms of corruption in our large republic and develops a new understanding of representative democracy. Building on the ideas of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, Saving Democracy shows how it is possible to combine the traditional town hall and the Internet to fashion a new theory of representative government that empowers citizens and bridges the enormous gap that now exists between the political elite and the average voter.\n\n Under the author's plan, in each of the nation's 435 congressional districts a local assembly of 100 citizens, selected by lot, would meet to discuss.