Civic Lotteries & Democratic Reform - Part 3 - Schools & Other Possibilities
Channel: Democracy In Practice
Date: 29/07/2018

Lotteries are the original way representative bodies were chosen in a democracy and they open new and exciting possibilities today.

In Part 3 of 4, Adam Cronkright of Democracy In Practice (USA, Bolivia) explains the growing use of civic lotteries worldwide to put representative groups of citizens at the center of policy making. He then explains 7 lessons Democracy In Practice has learned working in schools replacing student elections with lotteries to form more inclusive student governments. Lastly, Adam suggests other democratic institutions that should experiment with lotteries, such as unions and non-profits.

Links:
Democracy In Practice (US/Bolivia): democracyinpractice.org
Jefferson Center (US): jefferson-center.org
Healthy Democracy (US): healthydemocracy.org
Policy Jury Group (US): policyjurygroup.org
newDemocracy Foundation (Australia): newdemocracy.com.au
Sortition Foundation (UK): sortitionfoundation.org
Mass. Citizens Initiative Review: cirmass.org

Democracy Transformed: Perceived Legitimacy of the Institutional Shift from Election to Random Selection of Representatives (on views of students and teachers) 
https://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol14/iss1/art3/ 

These presentations were given as part of a 'Beyond the Ballot' panel on Civic Lotteries at the 2018 Frontiers of Democracy conference at Tufts University in Boston, USA. 
https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/research/civic-studies/frontiers-democracy-conference