
Politics of Random Selection
Making Good Use of Sortition
Gil Delannoi(Author)
Imprint Academic (Publisher)
Published on 7. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-78836-125-5 (ISBN)
Description
Gil Delannoi begins with a general theory of political procedures and its relations with the typology of political regimes. Sortitive democracy is also studied as a third type distinct from the representative and direct types. Sortition is analysed through its main uses, effects, and objectives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
127 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78836-125-5 (9781788361255)
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Gil Delannoi is a senior researcher (FNSP), professor of political theory at Sciences-Po Paris, and a fellow of the Centre de recherches politiques. His main interests include political theory, the history of ideas, the history and theory of democracy, institutional design, literature, and music.He led an international research programme on random selection for political office. It was the first opportunity to bring together the main authors from all countries. The research, funded by Sciences-Po, included lectures or workshops at other universities, such as Trinity College (Dublin), Queen Mary (London), University of Lausanne (2008-2013) in a programme whose main co-organizers were Antoine Chollet, Oliver Dowlen, Laurence Morel, and Peter Stone. It continued in various workshops during the IPSA congresses (Montreal 2014, Lisbon 2021).