When citizens decide : lessons from citizens' assemblies on electoral reform
by
Fournier, Patrick.
Title
:
When citizens decide : lessons from citizens' assemblies on electoral reform
Author
:
Fournier, Patrick.
ISBN
:
9780199567843
Publication Information
:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
:
xii, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series
:
Comparative politics
Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
General Note
:
"ECPR."
Contents
:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Power to the People? -- 2.Why Citizen Assemblies and How did they Work? -- 3.Who were the Participants? -- 4.How did the Decisions Come About? -- 5.Did the Citizen Assemblies Make the Right Decisions? -- 6.Did the Participants Decide by Themselves? -- 7.Did Participants Become Better Citizens? -- 8.Why were the Assemblies' Reform Proposals Rejected? -- 9.Should we Let Citizens Decide?.
Abstract
:
Three large-scale democratic experiments have taken place in which groups of randomly selected ordinary citizens were asked to independently design the next electoral system. The lessons drawn from the research are relevant for those interested in political participation, public opinion, deliberation, public policy, and democracy.
Subject Term
:
Political participation.
Added Author
:
Fournier, Patrick.
Added Corporate Author
:
European Consortium for Political Research.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025571031 | 323.042 F778W 2011 | 1 |