Instead of trying to reform our methods of elective democracy , which are broken, we should be looking to bring in greater levels of demarchy. Let's give our citizens a REAL role in their own governance; instead of always depending on professional politicians.
I wrote a paper on this on reddit; if your interested in learning more.
here's the link:
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/213c9n/the_failure_of_elective_democracy_a_proposal_for/