Fostering sustainable worker ownership and control of their organizations has long been an
aspiration for many. Yet, the growth of worker-owned firms (WOFs) is often accompanied by …

Structural problems are examined with pairing two chambers, one selected by election and
the other by sortition, into a traditional bicameral system. It is argued that an all-purpose …

In recent years, democrats both inside and outside the academy have begun to reconsider
the merits of the age-old practice of sortition, the random selection of political officials …

After centuries of absence, sortition is making its return through academic research, practical
experiments, and activists' calls for linking participation and deliberation. These invocations …

Sortition is sometimes seen as a means of addressing some weaknesses of the electoral
system. Advantages of sortition are related to its three principles—randomness …

In recent decades, so-called “mini-publics” have been organized in many countries to renew
policy making and democracy. One characteristic of mini-publics is that the selection of the …

Résumé De nombreux travaux se sont récemment penchés sur les bénéfices d'une
réintroduction du tirage au sort en politique, le plus souvent envisagé comme complément …

One hope associated with the spread of deliberative mini-publics in established
democracies is that they could increase acceptance of policies because of their inclusive …

In this paper, we identify a problem—the problem of which actors should serve as defenders
of democracy—and propose a solution to that problem—the creation of randomly selected …

The retreat of socially disadvantaged people from the democratic process, which can be
observed for some time now, is a symptom of the decreasing ability of Western societies to …