• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Democracy Chronicles

Towards better democracy everywhere.

  • AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
  • WORLD DEMOCRACY
  • POLITICAL ART
  • more
    • election technology
    • money politics
    • political dissidents
    • THIRD PARTY
      • third party central
      • green party
      • justice party
      • libertarian party
    • voting methods
  • DC INFO
    • author central
    • about
    • advertise with DC
    • contact
    • privacy policy
You are here: Home / Democracy in America / Reexamining Sortition: Political Power to Ordinary People

Reexamining Sortition: Political Power to Ordinary People

July 27, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

FacebookLinkedInPinTweet

Reexamining Sortition: Political Power to Ordinary People

There is interesting analysis coming on this front from Dissent Magazine by authors Michael Schulson and Samuel Bagg:

In response to the mounting public anger about inequality and the climate crisis in the United States, the left has seized the initiative, proposing higher taxes on the rich to fund trans-formative government programs like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. But parallel concerns about the domination of government institutions by unaccountable technocrats and wealthy elites—a danger that could derail all those plans—have so far failed to generate a similar stream of ambitious proposals.

A strong, radically democratic vision for the left must combine advocacy of growing state power with demands for more effective citizen oversight and participation. The left needs more than good policy. It needs serious, creative proposals for how to drain the swamp.

Our broken campaign finance system is a longstanding target of progressive ire. And as Republican state legislatures have made increasingly aggressive moves to entrench minority rule, many people are beginning to see a broader defense of democratic integrity as a crucial part of any left agenda. Yet most of the attention of reformers has been limited to the electoral process—perhaps because we tend to assume that getting “our people” into office will solve the problem.

See full story here.

FacebookLinkedInPinTweet

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Direct Democracy and Referendums, Election Methods, Greece

Some highlighted Democracy Chronicles topics

Africa American Corruption American Local Elections American State Elections Asia Capitalism and Big Business Celebrity Politics China Democracy Charity Democracy Protests Democrats Dictatorships Education Election History Election Methods Election Security Election Transparency Europe Internet and Democracy Journalism and Free Speech Middle East Minority Voting Rights Money Politics New York City and State Elections Political Artwork Political Dissidents Political Lobbying Redistricting Republicans Russia Socialism and Labor Social Media and Democracy South America Spying and Privacy Supreme Court Third Party Voter Access Voter ID Voter Registration Voter Suppression Voter Turnout Voting Technology Women Voting Rights Worldwide Worldwide Corruption

About DC Editors

We are your source for news on the all important effort to establish and strengthen democracy across the globe. Our international team with dozens of independent authors are your gateway into the raging struggle for free and fair elections on every continent with a focus on election reform in the United States. See our Facebook Page and also follow us on Twitter @demchron.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

democracy chronicles newsletter

american democracy around the web

  • “Judge Rules Against Salem Media, Regnery, Di...
    Source: Election Law Blog Published on: 27 minutes ago
  • On fifth anniversary of Khashoggi murder, CPJ...
    Source: Committee to Protect Journalists Published on: 3 hours ago
  • Niger journalist Samira Sabou arrested by uni...
    Source: Committee to Protect Journalists Published on: 3 hours ago
  • Russian blogger Aleksandr Nozdrinov sentenced...
    Source: Committee to Protect Journalists Published on: 3 hours ago
  • Join Us October 12 at 12 pm PT for Free Safeg...
    Source: Election Law Blog Published on: 6 hours ago