The Political Potential of Sortition: A Study of the Random Selection of Citizens for Public Office - Couverture rigide

Livre 9 sur 12: Sortition and Public Policy

Dowlen, Oliver

 
9781845401375: The Political Potential of Sortition: A Study of the Random Selection of Citizens for Public Office
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ISBN 10 : 1845401379 ISBN 13 : 9781845401375
Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2008

Synopsis

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. This 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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. The DPhil thesis on which this book was based was nominated by Oxford University for the Sir Ernest Barker Prize in Political Theory for 2007.

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Éditeur
Imprint Academic
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845401379
ISBN 13 
9781845401375
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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9781845401795: The Political Potential of Sortition: A Study of the Random Selection of Citizens for Public Office

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ISBN 10 :  1845401794 ISBN 13 :  9781845401795
Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2009
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