The Lottery as a Democratic Institution

Gil Delannoi (1) , Olivier Dowlen (2) , Peter Stone (3)

1 CEVIPOF - Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS)
2 QMUL - Queen Mary University of London
3 Trinity College Dublin

Proponents of random selection in politics have identified potential contributions that the practice can make to the political process: descriptive representation, prevention of corruption and/or domination, mitigation of elite-level conflict, distributive justice, participation, rotation and psychological benefits. We argue that random selection makes its strongest contribution when it selects citizens to function as impartial guardians of a democratic system. This summary of findings is part of an ongoing Research Program funded by Sciences-Po and organized by Gil Delannoi, Oliver Dowlen and Peter Stone.

Domaines: Science politique; Sociologie; Histoire

Gil Delannoi, Olivier Dowlen, Peter Stone. The Lottery as a Democratic Institution. The Lottery as a Democratic Theory workshop, Oct 2012, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. 28, Policy Press, pp.64, 2013, Studies in Public Policy. ⟨hal-03595022⟩