Kevin O’Leary’s Saving Democracy is a stimulating and original proposal to make political deliberation far more inclusive and representative than it is today. The ideals of Madison and Jefferson combine in his scheme of representative assemblies across the country.

James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly

America needs this book. These imaginative yet practicable reforms are designed to bring citizens back to their own politics and inspire them to work together for the common good.

Jane Mansbridge, Harvard University

 

Saving Democracy is provocative and significant. It does a splendid job of connecting democratic political theory to problems of practical politics. His unique proposals should spark great discussion.

John J. Pitney, Claremont McKenna College

 

Kevin O’Leary has written a wonderful book. His topic is American democracy; his goal is to improve it. And he has some ideas – original, imaginative, and sensible – about how to achieve this ambitious aim. The proposed reforms would make our democracy more participatory, more deliberative, and better equipped to solve large national problems. That is an attractive package, and O’Leary presents it with engaging prose and forceful argument. Read this book, and act on it.

Joshua Cohen, Stanford University

 

Saving Democracy is a refreshing, exhilarating read. O’Leary’s reforms would add a new structural feature to the basic Madisonian design. Provocative, at the least, are O’Leary’s ideas.

David R. Mayhew, Yale University

 

The great, ugly truth about American politics today is that, even as we champion democracy abroad, few Americans have any hope of influencing their government at home. Maybe it has to be so. Maybe, in a land of 300 million citizens, elites must rule, and democracy can do no more than, sometimes, throw a few rascals out. But a growing number of bold thinkers and activists now insist that we can do better – none more constructively than Kevin O’Leary.

Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania

 

A provocative look at our current state of political apathy and what can be done about it. These proposals would empower the deliberations of ordinary citizens without surrendering the important features of our Constitution and our representative political system. Anyone who knows the dangers of direct democracy but who still wants to engage citizens in political decision-making should read this book.

Kevin Mattson, Ohio University

 

Saving Democracy is a novel and promising work. It is beautifully presented and will give anyone who thinks seriously about democratic reform and innovation much to ponder.

Archon Fung, Harvard University

 

There is nothing wrong with American democracy that a return to majority rule couldn’t cure. Kevin O’Leary has a bold but realistic vision of how the restoration of real democracy could happen.

Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography