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.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Ancient Athens
- Lombardy and Venice – 12th to 18th century
- Florence – 14th and 15th century
- The Enlightenment
- Switzerland
- Methods
- Analysis
- Outcomes
- Efficiency
- Participation
- Modern application
- Within organizations
- Public policy
- Political proposals for sortition
- Supplement legislatures
- Deliberative opinion poll
- Replace legislatures
- Hire public officials
- Non-stratified sortition
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i.e., by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample.
In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy. Sortition is often classified as a method for both direct democracy and deliberative democracy.
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