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Rebooting Democracy: A Citizen's Guide to Reinventing Politics

Manuel Arriaga (Goodreads Author)

3.99 · Rating details · 115 ratings · 17 reviews

“If you want things organized, you might have to read some quite tricky books about democracy [such as this one].”
– RUSSELL BRAND, actor and comedian, reading excerpts of Rebooting Democracy on his show The Trews

Unless you are a banker, by now you must have realized that politicians don’t serve your interests. Our democracies are failing us and, from Occupy Wall Street to ...more

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May 18, 2021 Igor Veloso rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: political-science, read-2021, politics, portugues, sociologia-sociology, academia-pol-tica

O livro pode ser lido online, gratuitamente e em inglês, aqui. Livro de 2015. Sugiro que leiam, ou comprem em Português. Abaixo estão essencialmente as notas que tirei, formando, em geral, um resumo das ideias, mas acabei por desenvolver ou alertar para uma ou outra que achei que poderia estar incluída. Ao final do dia é um livro que se lê magnificamente bem, com uma linguagem que até a criança da primária entende.

“Um cidadão autónomo não é independente dos outros, mas significa que tem controlo ...more

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Sep 15, 2015 Filipe Placido rated it it was amazing

Recomendo vivamente a leitura. Aquele que procura alternativas que visam defender os interesses do cidadão contra o modelo atual da democracia. Irá parar de ler algumas vezes para refletir nas abordagens propostas e como se poderiam adaptar para resolver os problemas do dia-a-dia dos cidadãos. Muito bom. A sequela do "Triunfo dos Porcos" de George Orwell. ...more

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Jul 29, 2015 Raquel Marques rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Muito interessante para alargar o nosso horizonte sobre a ideia que temos de sistema político; muito bem estruturado na forma como expõe as questões e as aborda por diferentes prismas apontando os problemas e possíveis soluções.

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