When citizens decide: lessons from citizens' assemblies on electoral reform

Three unprecedented 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 INDICE: List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 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 Werethe Assemblies' Reform Proposals Rejected?; 9: Should we let Citizens Decide?; Appendix 1: Description of Electoral Systems; Appendix 2: Question Labels, Wordings, and Codings for Chapter 5; Appendix 3: Question Labels, Wordings, andCodings for Chapter 7; Appendix 4: Question Labels, Wordings, and Codings forChapter 8; References

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956784-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 264
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés