The Price of Democracy: How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do about It

by Julia Cagé

Why and how systems of political financing and representation in Europe and North America give outsized influence to the wealthy and undermine democracy, and what we can do about it.

One person, one vote. In theory, everyone in a democracy has equal power to decide elections. But it's hardly news that, in reality, political outcomes are heavily determined by the logic of one dollar, one vote. We take the political power of money for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674987284
• ISBN13: 9780674987289
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"