Developing New Democratic Practices By Prioritizing Citizen Participation

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Timestamps:
0:00 Ad Introduction
0:50 FGP Introduction
2:51 Guest introduction
3:15 Work history
4:06 Extension of democracy
4:42 Democracy examples
10:18 True democracy
21:06 Historical example
26:56 what results you seen from experiments
31:33 find out about Olly Dowlen

In this episode, we are joined by Olly Dowlen, the author of The Political Potential of Sortition: A study of the random selection of citizens for public office (Sortition and Public Policy), a book that examines the benefits that sortition can bring to the political community. As a researcher, Olly is interested in the value of involving citizens in the democratic decision-making process by utilizing randomly selected control groups.

Listen now to learn about:

1. Olly’s current research efforts, and his interest in the “extension of democracy”.
2. Examples of how democracy has been abused or corrupted.
3. The role juries play in democratic decision-making.

What would it look like for democracies to start involving their people with sortition-based political strategies? Click play to find out!

You can explore more about sortition by purchasing Olly’s book here.