Against Sortition? : The Problem with Citizens' Assemblies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grandjean, Geoffrey.

Series:

Sortition and Public Policy Series

Sortition and Public Policy Series ; v.8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deliberative democracy.

Political participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Luton, Bedfordshire : Imprint Academic, 2024.

Summary:

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 political representatives. This book presents the institutionalization of sortition while questioning its political consequences in terms of representation and deliberation. Several examples are used, such as the Citizens' Climate Convention in France and the Conference on the Future of Europe. In the end, the book helps to identify the consequences of using sortition with regard to the principles of equality and inclusion. Above all, it offers readers the possibility of continuing to reflect on this method of random selection, while promoting the implementation of greater equality between citizens.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Against Sortition

Against Sortition?

Introduction

Part I: The Terms of the Debate

On Political Procedures

The Necessity of a Design-Based Discourse in the Evaluation of Random Political Recruitment

Democratic Accounts and Miscounts?

Democratic Sortition versus Epistocratic and Statistical Decision Methods

Part II: Sortition and Representation

Inclusion or Representation?

Equality of Opportunity, Equality of Outcome and the “Democratic” Case for Lotteries

Democracy Without Elections and the Value of Political Parties

Drawing Lots in Politics

Democracy as a Collective Process

Defending Democracy Against Lottocracy

Part III: Sortition and Deliberative Assemblies

Turn Down the Noise on Citizens’ Assemblies

From Social Media to Congress

Superminority

The Use of Sortition in the Reconfiguration of Democracy by Neoliberal Governance

Randomly Selected European Citizens’ Panels

Conclusion

Back Matter

Bibliography

Biographical Notes

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ISBN:

1-78836-122-9

1-78836-121-0

OCLC:

1451804794