Democracy between sortition and elections

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Yoram Gat

A debate titled “Democracy between sortition and elections” is planned to take place in Namur, Belgium later this month.

In a context where dissatisfaction with the political system is widely shared, the selection of members of legislative assemblies via sortition seems promising in the sense that it allows exchange of citizens’ opinions outside of any framework of careerist political interest. Presentations by Sébastien Laoureux (professor at the Philosophy and Letters department of the University of Namur) and by Philippe Mahoux (surgeon and honorary senator) will be the opportunity to evaluate the link between democracy and elections before exploring new avenues which current democracy can take.

Filed under: Academia, Elections, Sortition |

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2 Responses

  1. Paul Nollen, on March 6, 2018 at 9:45 am said:

    Thanks Yoram, our paper (‘proportional’ and ‘two chamber’ system) is just translated in French and we will try to present it there. I keep you informed. We also finished German and English translations. I post them in a few days after the last corrections.

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