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.