Politics of Random Selection : Making Good Use of Sortition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delannoi, Gil.

Series:

Sortition and Public Policy Series

Sortition and Public Policy Series ; v.9

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (85 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Luton, Bedfordshire : Imprint Academic, 2025.

Summary:

"What should you do when you have decided to use the drawing of lots in a procedure? What practical questions arise? What options are available? What are the details? What advantages and disadvantages should we expect from each option? What are the risks to be aware of and the precautions to take?The literature on sortition consists of three main genres: monographs, arguments for and against, and the history of the procedure in one or more dimensions. This book stands a little apart from this framework. Its method is largely deductive and theoretical in reasoning. It has a practical purpose which is aimed at specialists as well as naïve users and interested parties: precise enough to satisfy an informed public and simple enough to be accessible to citizens and practitioners.Gil Delannoi begins with a general theory of political procedures and its relations with the typology of political regimes. Sortitive democracy is also studied as a third option distinct from the familiar re.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Preface to the English Edition

Foreword

Politics of Random Selection

Introduction

Chapter 1: Procedures and Political Regimes

Six Options, Six Procedures

Cross-Tabulation of Regimes and Procedures

Chapter 2: A Third Type of Democracy

Genesis of Democracy

Active or Descriptive Representation

A Sortive Democracy

Chapter 3: Main Uses

Task Rotation and Rotation of Individuals

Allocation of a Good or Item

Sampling and Survey

Selection and Nomination

Chapter 4: Misleading Conceptions

Randomness

Divine Will

A Regenerative Utopia

Competence and Incompetence

Chapter 5: Effects and Objectives

The Usual Effects

Equality Issues

Political Goals

Doing Away with the Good and Bad Reasons

Chapter 6: Instructions and Options

Size of Base

Right or Duty

Secrecy or Transparency

Penalties or Rewards

Frequency

Training Course

Chapter 7: Several Possible Uses

Procedural Sequence

University Bodies

Local Politics

Provincial Politics

National Politics

European Politics

Epilogue

Back Matter

Also Available.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78836-130-X

1-78836-129-6