Equality by lot

Sortition in The Economist

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   Conall, on May 14, 2010 at 10:33 pm said:

   I’ve left a comment as: And don’t forget our own House of Lords. Instead of the dubious proposal to elect them, why not a true cross-section of the people?

   Just such an idea was put forward by Barnett and Carty in ‘The Athenian Option’ (2008, Imprint Academic).
   (well done Yoram for spotting this)

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   Ronald Mercer, on May 24, 2010 at 4:01 am said:

   Deliberative democracy is a vague term. Is this on purpose to keep the idea of sortitioned representation confusing?

   Words used are extremely important.

   I’ll continue to talk about sortitioned democratic representation.

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   Yoram Gat, on May 24, 2010 at 5:09 am said:

   I agree, Ronald – but of course being vague or even deliberately confusing is quite typical for elite media discussion of democracy.

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