Power to the People ; Chris Game Reveals How 'Sortition' Could Be the Answer to Shaping Policy in the Uk
Birmingham Post › August 12, 2009
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Sortition - that's today's agenda, so I hope we're all clear what the word means. After all, we encounter it frequently enough, many of us at least twice weekly.
Yes, it's from the Latin, though its heyday was in Ancient Greece. Yes, it has a local government connection. But no, sadly, it's not the technical name for the monitoring of kerbside recycling schemes - though there probably should be a name for that.See the full content of this document
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Power to the People ; Chris Game Reveals How 'Sortition' Could Be the Answer to Shaping Policy in the Uk
It's actually disarmingly simple. It means selection by some form of lottery, in which everyone involved has a statistically equal chance of being picked. Selection for jury service, the national lottery, drawing straws - it's all sortition.
It was at the core of Athenian democracy, where city councilmen, magistrates and jurors were all chosen by lot or rotation. But why,...See the full content of this document
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