Sortition

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fmyers
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Sortition

Postby fmyers » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:58 am

Sortition, the idea of selecting political leaders by lottery, is being seriously discussed by an interesting minority of democratic theorists. In fact there will be a conference on this topic at Bard College this coming fall. It's an unfamiliar term and I think worthy of analysis as a Good Word.

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Re: Sortition

Postby Slava » Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:23 am

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