Table of Contents
Preface vii
1 Fake Democracy: Everybody has their Reasons 3
But What Is Right-Wing (or, for That Matter, Left-Wing) Populism Anyway?
An Art of Governance
The Will of the People
The Double Secession
A Hard Border
2 Real Democracy: Liberty, Equality, Uncertainty 42
President for a Day?
Representation or Democracy?
Democracy for Losers
Expect the Unexpected?
In Praise of "Demagogues"
Why Not Replace Representation with Random Selection?
3 Critical Infrastructure 90
What Matters About Intermediary Institutions
Planning (and Paying for) Infrastructure
Expect the Expected?
Is the Party Really Over?
4 Reopening 139
Closing Democracy to Save Democracy?
If All Else Fails? Democratic Disobedience
Coda: Five Reasons for Democratic Hope (Not Optimism) 179
Notes 187
Acknowledgments 223
Index 225