TY - BOOK ID - 118253518 TI - The government of chance : sortition and democracy from Athens to the present AU - Sintomer, Yves AU - Raillard, Sarah-Louise AU - Camiller, Patrick PY - 2023 SN - 1009285661 1009285653 100928567X 1009285637 9781009285636 PB - New York (N.Y.): Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Civil service. KW - Public officers KW - Patronage, Political. KW - Civil service reform. KW - Deliberative democracy. KW - Selection and appointment. KW - Discursive democracy KW - Democracy KW - Merit system KW - Spoils system KW - Patronage, Political KW - Clientelism, Political KW - Patron-client politics KW - Political clientelism KW - Political patronage KW - Political sociology KW - Civil service reform KW - Elected officials KW - Government leaders KW - Government officials KW - Officers, Public KW - Officials, Elected KW - Officials, Government KW - Officials, Public KW - Public officials KW - Civil service KW - Public administration KW - Bureaucrats KW - Career government service KW - Civil servants KW - Government employees KW - Government service KW - Public employees KW - Public service (Civil service) KW - Public service employment KW - Law and legislation KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Deliberative democracy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118253518 AB - "Electoral democracies are in crisis. To face it, randomly selected deliberative minipublics such as the citizens' assemblies for the climate are organized. Sortition was widespread in history. Can it contribute to a democratic renewal? This book provides the first reconstruction of the government of chance from Athens to contemporary experiments"-- ER -