The government of chance : sortition and democracy from Athens to the present / Yves Sintomer (Paris 8 University, Nuffield College, University of Oxford) ; translated from the French by Sarah Louise Raillard with help from Patrick Camiller.

Author
Sintomer, Yves [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
  • ©2023
Description
xiv, 314 pages ; 24 cm

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    "Electoral democracies are in crisis. To face it, randomly selected deliberative minipublics such as the citizens' assemblies for the climate are organized. Sortition was widespread in history. Can it contribute to a democratic renewal? This book provides the first reconstruction of the government of chance from Athens to contemporary experiments"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-307) and index.
    Language note
    Translated from the French.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Democracy, Modern and Ancient
    • Sortition's Second Birth in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period
    • The Disappearance of Sortition in Politics: A Historical Enigma
    • The Return of Sortition: The Deliberative Minipublics
    • Sortition and Politics in the 21st Century.
    ISBN
    • 9781009285636 ((Hardback))
    • 1009285637 ((Hardback))
    LCCN
    2022033779
    OCLC
    1342489845
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