When citizens decide
Subtitle: lessons from citizens' assemblies on electoral reform
By: Patrick Fournier ... [et al.].
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780199567843
Subjects: Political participation
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.