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Sortition and Democracy
History, Tools, Theories
Av Liliane Lopez-Rabatel, Yves Sintomer
Inbunden, 2020
1552 kr
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After two centuries during which it had nearly disappeared in Western countries, sortition is used again as a method of selecting people who could speak for, and in certain cases decide for, all the citizenry. What is the meaning of this comeback? To answer this question, this book offers a …
Sortition and Democracy
History, Tools, Theories
Av Liliane Lopez-Rabatel, Yves Sintomer
Häftad, 2020
815 kr
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After two centuries during which it had nearly disappeared in Western countries, sortition is used again as a method of selecting people who could speak for, and in certain cases decide for, all the citizenry. What is the meaning of this comeback? To answer this question, this book offers a …
Democracy in Crisis
Lessons from Ancient Athens
Av Jeff Miller
Inbunden, 2022
679 kr
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The storming of the US Capitol building in January 2021 focused attention on the multiple threats facing contemporary liberal democracies. Beyond the immediate problem of Covid-19, the past two decades saw political polarization, a dramatic rise in inequality, global warming and other environmental …
Keys to Democracy
Sortition as a New Model for Citizen Power
Av Maurice Pope, Hugh Pope m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
364 kr
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Sortition — also known as random selection — puts ordinary people in control of decision-making in government. This may seem novel, but it is how the original Athenian democracy worked. In fact, what is new is our belief that electoral systems are democratic. It was self-evident to thinkers from …
Against Sortition?
The Problem with Citizens' Assemblies
Inbunden, 2024
506 kr
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Sortition is widely used in our political systems to constitute citizen panels. It is now possible to study the limits of this method of selecting our political representatives. This book presents the institutionalization of sortition while questioning its political consequences in terms of …
Politics of Random Selection
Making Good Use of Sortition
Av Gil Delannoi
Häftad, 2025
192 kr
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What should you do when you have decided to use the drawing of lots in a procedure? What practical questions arise? What options are available? What will the details be? What advantages and disadvantages should we expect from each option? What are the risks to know and the precautions to take? The …
Keys to Democracy
Sortition as a New Model for Citizen Power
Av Maurice Pope, Hugh Pope m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
220 kr
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Sortition — also known as random selection — puts ordinary people in control of decision-making in government. This may seem novel, but it is how the original Athenian democracy worked. In fact, what is new is our belief that electoral systems are democratic. It was self-evident to thinkers from …
Justice by Lottery
Häftad, 2005
509 kr
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This book is about the virtues and social justice of random distribution. The first chapter is a utopian fragment about a future country, Aleatoria, where everything, including political power, jobs and money, is distributed by lottery. The rest of the book is devoted to considering the idea of the …
Nature and Uses of Lotteries
Av Thomas Gataker, Conall Boyle
Häftad, 2008
271 kr
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Thomas Gataker was a disputatious Puritan divine. His The Nature and Uses of Lotteries (1627) was the first systematic exposition of a modern view of lotteries, not just as a form of gambling, but as a fair method of division. Gataker approved of these uses, but condemned divination and sorcery …
Athenian Option
Radical Reform for the House of Lords
Av Anthony Barnett, Peter Carty
Häftad, 2008
283 kr
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Before New Labour came to power and when even the prospect of reform of Britain's House of Lords was regarded with scepticism, Anthony Barnett and Peter Carty developed the idea of selecting part of a new upper house by lot: creating a jury or juries, that are representative of the population as a …
Political Potential of Sortition
A study of the random selection of citizens for public office
Häftad, 2009
220 kr
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The central feature of every true lottery is that all rational evaluation is deliberately excluded. Once this principle is grasped, the author argues, we can begin to understand exactly what benefits sortition can bring to the political community. The book includes a study of the use of sortition …
Sortition
Theory and Practice
Av Gil Delannoi, Oliver Dowlen
Häftad, 2010
447 kr
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This volume reflects the up-and-coming academic interest in sortition. It is based on contributions to the first international conference dedicated to the subject held at the University of Political Science (Sciences-Po) in Paris in November 2008. The papers explore important theoretical questions …
Lotteries in Public Life
A Reader
Av Peter Stone
Häftad, 2011
214 kr
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Lotteries have been used to make all kinds of public decisions ever since the days of Ancient Greece. They can contribute to some of our most important values, such as rationality, justice, and democracy. But until recently, there was no theory to make sense of lotteries and what they can do. The …
People's Parliament/A Citizen Legislature
Av Ernest Callenbach, Michael Phillips m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
421 kr
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Two essays, printed back to back in a single volume, offer complementary solutions to the democratic deficit in Britain and the USA. In his book The Party's Over: Blueprint for a Very English Revolution (2004), Keith Sutherland questioned the role of the party in the post-ideological age and …
Athenian Option
Radical Reform for the House of Lords
Av Anthony Barnett, Peter Carty
Inbunden, 2008
364 kr
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Before New Labour came to power and when even the prospect of reform of Britain's House of Lords was regarded with scepticism, Anthony Barnett and Peter Carty developed the idea of selecting part of a new upper house by lot: creating a jury or juries, that are representative of the population as a …
