Democracy Without Politicians

Terry Bouricius · Routledge · 2026

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Contents

1. Part I · The Current Situation
2. 1. Democracy in Dysfunction▸
3. 2. The Hopes and Claims of Democracy and Elections▸
4. 3. Electoral Imperatives▸
5. 4. The Inadequacy of Election Reform▸
6. Part II · Foundations of Democracy
7. 5. Historical Roots▸
8. 6. Representation▸
9. 7. Neuro-Politics▸
10. 8. Competitive Electoralism▸
11. 9. Participatory Democracy▸
12. 10. Deliberative Democracy▸
13. Part III · Sortition
14. 11. The Sortition Solution▸
15. 12. Objections to Sortition▸
16. 13. Accountability and Legitimacy▸
17. 14. The Re-Emergence of Sortition▸
18. 15. Other Uses of Sortition▸
19. 16. Sortition Design for the Future▸
20. 17. A Transition to Sortition Democracy▸
21. References
22. Index