{"product_id":"legislature-by-lot-john-gastil-9781788736121","title":"Legislature by Lot: Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance","description":"\u003cb\u003eDemocracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political class\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gap between the public and its representatives might seem unbridgeable in the modern world, but \u003ci\u003eLegislature by Lot\u003c\/i\u003e examines an inspiring solution: a legislature chosen through \"sortition\"--the random selection of lay citizens. It's a concept that has come to the attention of democratic reformers across the globe. Proposals for such bodies are being debated in Australia, Belgium, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. Sortition promises to reduce corruption and create a truly representative legislature in one fell swoop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLegislature by Lot\u003c\/i\u003e, John Gastil and Erik Olin Wright make the case for pairing a sortition body with an elected chamber within a bicameral legislature. Gastil is a leading deliberative democracy scholar, and Wright a distinguished sociologist and editor of the Real Utopias series, of which this is a part. In this volume, they bring together critics and advocates of sortition who have studied ancient Athens, deliberative polling, political theory, social movements, and civic innovation. Without obscuring its limitations, the contributors offer a wide variety of ideas for how to implement sortition and examine its potential for reshaping modern politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegislature by Lot\u003c\/i\u003e includes sixteen essays that respond to Gastil and Wright's detailed proposal. Essays comparing sortition to contemporary reforms see it as a dramatic extension of deliberative \"minipublics,\" which gather random samples of citizens to weigh public policy dilemmas without being empowered to enact legislation. Another set of essays explores the democratic principles underlying sortition and elections and considers, for example, how a sortition body holds itself accountable to a public that did not elect it. The third set of essays considers alternative paths to democratic reform, which limit the powers of a sortition chamber or more quickly establish a pure sortition body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions by Arash Abizadeh, Tom Arnold, Terrill Bouricius, Deven Burks, Lyn Carson, Dimitri Courant, Donatella della Porta, David M. Farrell, Andrea Felicetti, James S. Fishkin, Brett Hennig, Vincent Jacquet, Raphaël Kies, Tom Malleson, Jane Mansbridge, Christoph Niessen, David Owen, John Pitseys, Min Reuchamps, Yves Sintomer, Graham Smith, Jane Suiter, and Pierre-Étienne Vandamme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gastil,Erik Olin Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788736125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788736121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d","brand":"John Gastil","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":48519388233983,"sku":"9781788736121","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa30a46c-1c2b-459a-84cf-cd8fba66e865.jpg?v=1778737393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legislature-by-lot-john-gastil-9781788736121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}