EAN: 9780374136475

DEMOCRACY RULES - JAN-WERNER MÜLLER GEBUNDEN

A much-anticipated guide to saving democracy  from one of our most essential political
thinkers. Everyone knows that democracy is in trouble  but do we know what democracy actually
is? Jan-Werner Müller  author of the widely translated and acclaimed What Is Populism?  takes
us back to basics in Democracy Rules. In this short  elegant volume  he explains how democracy
is founded not just on liberty and equality  but also on uncertainty. The latter will sound
unattractive at a time when the pandemic has created unbearable uncertainty for so many. But it
is crucial for ensuring democracy's dynamic and creative character  which remains one of its
signal advantages over authoritarian alternatives that seek to render politics (and individual
citizens) completely predictable. Müller shows that we need to re-invigorate the intermediary
institutions that have been deemed essential for democracy's success ever since the nineteenth
century: political parties and free media. Contrary to conventional wisdom  these are not spent
forces in a supposed age of post-party populist leadership and post-truth. Müller suggests
concretely how democracy's critical infrastructure of intermediary institutions could be
renovated  re-empowering citizens while also preserving a place for professionals such as
journalists and judges. These institutions are also indispensable for negotiating a democratic
social contract that reverses the secession of plutocrats and the poorest from a common
political world.

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