Some pro-sortition podcasting
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https://twitter.com/InfiniteL88ps/status/1475453302653349890 Hi all Just to let you know of a podcast I did with Jim O’Shaugnessey’s program “Infinite loops”. You can download it from…
Citizens allotted for drawing electoral districts in Michigan
Back in January it was reported that Michigan has sent out invitations to voters to apply to serve on the Independent Citizens Redistricting … Citizens allotted for drawing electoral districts … Continue reading
First German National Citizens’ Assembly on DemoPart: the Rise of the “Alloted Citizen”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYNWW0aLnzE On September 28 in Leipzig, “Phase 2” of the first ever German citizens’ assembly “Bürgerrat Demokratie” concluded its second and last weekend of…
The Making of Homo Probabilis
A review of Ivan Ascher’s Portfolio Society Ascher, Ivan. 2016. Portfolio society: on the capitalist mode of prediction. New York: Zone books. Portfolio society is such a well-written book of … Continue reading
Islamophobia Lite or Trump’s Academic Enablers
A review of Kelsay’s Islam & War John Kelsay. 1993. Islam and War. Westminster John Knox Press. As we reflect on the increased visibility of racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic, and anti-semitic … Continue reading
To Awaken Democracy
As Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening begin a week of sit-ins and civil disobedience on Capitol Hill and as your inbox fills up with spam via the End Citizens United … Continue reading
Creating a Framework for Sortition
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Dr. Roslyn Fuller is a lecturer in International Law based in Ireland. She is a regular contributor to Irish and international media on world…
Sortition and Legitimate Coercion
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In an address called “What is Political Science For?” at the 2013 American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, APSA President Jane Mansbridge mentioned sortition…
A 5-minute video lesson about sortition
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fivQUlC7-8 Melissa Schwartzberg is a professor of Politics at NYU.
US Presidential Elections 1912 to 2012: What’s changed? What’s still the same?
Wondering what has changed in society and politics over the last 100 years, I looked back at the 1912 election–no time-machine jokes please. What I found was not encouraging. Much … Continue reading
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