Deliberative democracy
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Deliberative democracy or discursive democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision-making. It often shows characteristics of both consensus decision-making and majority
Call for the establishment of deliberative democracy seen at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Sortition
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In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i.e., by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample.
Deliberative democracy
…elected bodies whose members propose and enact legislation, Hélène Landemore and others use deliberative democracy to refer to decision-making by randomly-selected lay citizens each with equal power. Deliberative democracy has a long history of practice and theory, which can be traced back to ancient times. It received academic…
A kleroterion in the Ancient Agora Museum (Athens)
USCAR Court select juries by sortition.
Drawing straws within a small group: one of four matches is broken to be shorter than the others, and the four are presented to the group to draw from, the chooser of the short match being selected
A session of a German citizens' assembly in 2019. The participants sit around tables for deliberation in small groups.