Is Democracy Possible? The Alternative to Electoral Politics
John Burnheim — Is Democracy Possible? The Alternative to Electoral Politics (1985)John Burnheim · 1985 · Book · Introduction, section III 'Statistical representation'EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0308 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Demarchy · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“In Is Democracy Possible? (1985) Burnheim proposed abandoning elections in most cases and choosing decision-makers by lot, so that each decision-making body is statistically representative of those affected by its decisions.”
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