Against Sortition? - Imprint Academic

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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.
Dec 4, 2023

Credit: Yves Sintomer, Professor of Political Science

"This book represents the first comprehensive attempt to scrutinize the theoretical challenges that the return of sortition in politics has to face. Anyone interested in the issue should read it."

May 30, 2024

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/democracy-in-decay-citizens-assemblies-take-power-from-the-people/

Source: Conservative Woman

Credit: Dave Clements

"For all the talk of citizens being given the opportunity to make decisions about the big issues of the day, in truth the aversion to free and open-ended debate has only hardened. All the more reason, this bumper election year, to extend democratic accountability into every nook and cranny of institutional and public life. This book is an invaluable contribution to thinking about what that might look like."

May 24, 2025

https://thecatholicherald.com/popes-understand-better-than-politicians-the-weaknesses-of-democracy/

Source: The Catholic Herald

Credit: Niall Gooch

"All this came to mind recently as I read a fascinating book called Against Sortition?"
Hardcover
- Publication Date: 07 May 2024
- ISBN-13: 9781788361163
- Product Content: Text (eye-readable)
- Extent: Absolute page count : 300
- Code: 9781788361163
- Dimensions: 15.6 x 23.5 x 2.7 cm
- Weight: 500 grams
- Packaging Type: Slip-sleeve
- List Price: £35.00
- ONIX Version 2.1, Version 3

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Title: Against Sortition?
Subtitle: The Problem with Citizens' Assemblies
Edited by: Geoffrey Grandjean
Collection: Sortition and Public Policy
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Imprint Academic

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