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Hélène Landemore, "Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule" (Penguin, 2026)
Host Jun Wei Lee speaks with Hélène Landemore about her book, Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule (Penguin, 2026). An acclaimed political theorist, Professor Landemore has spent her career trying to understand the advantages of democracy, what makes it function, and how to make it work better. In her most recent book, Landemore puts forward a radical proposal. Democracy doesn’t need politicians: ordinary people can govern much better.
In this NBN episode, Landemore analyzes how a lottery system designed to select everyday people to govern—not as career politicians but as…
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