The Political Potential of Sortition (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Imprint Academic, Exeter, 2009
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Paperback. The central feature of every true lottery is that all rational evaluation is deliberately excluded. Once this principle is grasped, the author argues, we can begin to understand exactly what benefits sortition can bring to the political community. The book includes a study of the use of sortition in ancient Athens and in late medieval and renaissance Italy. It also includes commentary on the contributions to sortition made by Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Harrington and Paine; an account of the history of the randomly-selected jury; and new research into lesser-known examples from England, America and revolutionary France. A study of the use of sortition in ancient Athens and in late medieval and renaissance Italy. It includes commentary on the contributions to sortition made by Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Harrington and Paine; and an account of the history of the randomly-selected jury. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Political Potential of Sortition (Paperback)
- Author
- Oliver Dowlen
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic, Exeter
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1845401794
- ISBN 13
- 9781845401795
- Series
- Book 9 of 12: Sortition and Public Policy
The central feature of every true lottery is that all rational evaluation is deliberately excluded. Once this principle is grasped, the author argues, we can begin to understand exactly what benefits sortition can bring to the political community. The book includes a study of the use of sortition in ancient Athens and in late medieval and renaissance Italy. It also includes commentary on the contributions to sortition made by Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Harrington and Paine; an account of the history of the randomly-selected jury; and new research into lesser-known examples from England, America and revolutionary France.
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"His painstaking study... goes a considerable way to recovering a largely subterranean tradition of democratic practice and bringing it to light."
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