Sortition and Democracy

• Paperback | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• After two centuries during which it had nearly disappeared in Western countries, sortition is used again as a method of selecting people who could spe... Lees meer

A Citizen Legislature/A People's Parliament

Ernest Callenbach, Michael Phillips, Keith Sutherland

• Paperback | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• 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 P... Lees meer

The Athenian Option

Anthony Barnett, Peter Carty

• Hardcover | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• 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 Pet... Lees meer

Sortition

• Paperback | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• This volume reflects the up-and-coming academic interest in sortition. It is based on contributions to the first international conference dedicated to... Lees meer

Against Sortition?

• Hardcover | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• 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... Lees meer

Lotteries in Public Life

• Paperback | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• 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 importan... Lees meer

Democracy in Crisis

Jeff Miller

• Hardcover | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• The storming of the US Capitol building in January 2021 focused attention on the multiple threats facing contemporary liberal democracies. Beyond the ... Lees meer

Athenian Option

Anthony Barnett, Peter Carty

• Paperback | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• 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 Pet... Lees meer

Keys to Democracy

Maurice Pope

• Hardcover | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy | nr. 13
• Sortition -- also known as random selection -- puts ordinary people in control of decision-making in government. This may seem novel, but it is how th... Lees meer

Sortition and Democracy

• Hardcover | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• After two centuries during which it had nearly disappeared in Western countries, sortition is used again as a method of selecting people who could spe... Lees meer

Political Potential of Sortition

Oliver Dowlen

• Paperback | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• The central feature of every true lottery is that all rational evaluation is deliberately excluded. Once this principle is grasped, the author argues,... Lees meer

Justice by Lottery (Revised)

Barbara Goodwin

• Paperback | Engels | Sortition and Public Policy
• This book is about the virtues and social justice of random distribution. The first chapter is a utopian fragment about a future country, Aleatoria, w... Lees meer