Legislature By Lot - Transformative Designs for Deliberative Governance

Informationen zum Autor Erik Olin Wright (1947-2019) was Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He authored many books, including Classes, Interrogating Inequality, Class Counts, Deepening Democracy (with Archon Fung), and Envisioning Real Utopias. John Gastil is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is a senior scholar at the McCourtney Institute for Democracy. Gastil's research focuses on the theory and practice of deliberative democracy, particularly as it relates to how people behave as voters or members of small decision-making groups. Recent books he has authored or coedited include The Jury and Democracy (2010), Democracy in Motion: Evaluating the Practice and Impact of Deliberative Civic Engagement (2012), and a second edition of Democracy in Small Groups (2014). Tom Malleson is associate professor of Social Justice & Peace Studies at King's University College at Western University. They are the Coordinator of the Real Utopias Project series. Their latest books include After Occupy: Economic Democracy for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press), Fired Up About Capitalism (Between the Lines Press), and Part-Time for All: A Care Manifesto (co-authored with Jennifer Nedelsky and forthcoming from Oxford University Press). They are also a long-time social justice activist and organizer. www.tommalleson.com Zusammenfassung An ancient answer to the timeless question of how best to choose our lawmakers

Product details

• Authors: John Gastil, Gastil John, Erik Olin Wright, Erik Olin Gastil Wright
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2019
• EAN: 9781788736121
• ISBN: 978-1-78873-612-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: The Real Utopias Project
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, LAW / General, Political corruption, Political structures: democracy, Political control and freedoms, Law and society, sociology of law, Constitutional & administrative law