“Sortition is the most democratic procedure available for selecting office-holders . . . It can be adapted for use both in a system of direct democratic government, such as that of Ancient Athens, and in a modern representative system such as our own.” 

    Paul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History, University of Cambridge, The Times

    A major new series on the use of randomisation in education, politics and other public policy areas
    General Editor: Barbara Goodwin, University of East Anglia. Publication 18 August 2008

      • The Athenian Option, Anthony Barnett and Peter Carty
      • Justice by Lottery, Barbara Goodwin
      • The Nature and Use of Lotteries, Thomas Gataker (ed. Conall Boyle)
      • A People's Parliament, Keith Sutherland / A Citizen Legislature, Ernest Callenbach and Michael Phillips
      • The Political Potential of Sortition, Oliver Dowlen

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