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Lottocratic Conceptions of Deliberative Democracy

Cristina Lafont · Oxford University Press · 2019

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Book
Author
Cristina Lafont
Identifier
DOI 10.1093/oso/9780198848189.003.0005
Accessed
2026-09-01
Reliability notes
Chapter 4 of Democracy without Shortcuts; chapter 5, 'Lottocratic Institutions from a Participatory Perspective', is doi:10.1093/oso/9780198848189.003.0006.

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TheoryLafont argues that empowering randomly selected minipublics to decide for the rest of the citizenry is a 'micro-deliberative shortcut' that asks citizens to defer blindly and weakens their democratic control; instead she proposes contestatory, vigilant and anticipatory uses of minipublics.