Title: The Athenian Option
Subtitle: radical reform for the House of Lords
First published: 2008
Description: Before New Labour came to power and when even the prospect of reform of Britain's House of Lords was regarded with scepticism, Anthony Barnett and Peter Carty developed the idea of selecting part of a new upper house by lot: creating a jury or juries, that are representative of the population as a whole while being selected at random, to assess legislation. This new edition of the original proposal includes an account of the reception of the idea, their evidence before the Commission on the Lords established by Tony Blair, and a response to the great advances in citizen-based deliberation that have taken place since the mid-1990s. It concludes with a new appeal to adopt their approach as efforts to reform the Lords continue.
source: Andrews UK Limited, publisher
Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain, Powers and duties, Reform, Legislative power, Representative government and representation, History, Great britain, parliament, house of lords, Political Science › American Government › General, Political Science > General, Political Science > Political Ideologies > Democracy
Places: Great Britain
LC classification: JN621 .B37 2008