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Dowlen, Oliver

The Political Potential of Sortition

Dowlen, Oliver - The Political Potential of Sortition, ebook

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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 in ancient Athens and in late medieval and renaissance Italy. It also includes commentary on the contributions to sortition made by Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Harrington and Paine; an account of the history of the randomly-selected jury; and new research into lesser-known examples from England, America and revolutionary France.

Keywords: Lottery, sortition, politics, democracy, political community, random, jury, democractic practice, blind break

Author(s)
Publisher
Andrews UK
Publication year
2017
Language
en
Edition
2
Series
Sortition and Public Policy
Page amount
271 pages
Category
Upbringing, Education
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781845407032
Printed ISBN
9781845401795

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