Oliver Dowlen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1374993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oliver Dowlen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oliver |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowlen |
| SIGNATURE | DOWLEN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1174-8298 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
Introducing part 2 of the Common Knowledge symposium "Antipolitics," this essay summarizes the "untold story" of the random recruitment of citizens for political office in Western Europe. Although sortition was used extensively in ancient Athens and in late medieval Europe, it is now (except for the randomly selected jury) a largely discontinued practice. While a good deal is known about when and where this procedure was used, there is little sur…
Le tirage au sort en politique
Largement utilisé dans les démocraties anciennes, le tirage au sort a été marginalisé à l'âge moderne. Pourtant, l'intérêt nouveau pour les procédures de démocratie participative ou les jurys citoyens remet cette idée au goût du jour. À quelles conditions le recours à cette méthode de sélection et de choix peut-il être utile pour renouveler nos prises de décisions politiques
Political Potential of Sortition
Sorting Out Sortition
The central argument of this article is that it is possible to identify one major or primary potential that sortition brings to the political community when it is used to select office holders. This is to be found when sortition is used in such a way as to maximise its most essential feature – its arationality – and where such an application has the most significant and positive impact on the political process and the political community. In such…
Sorting Out Sortition
The central argument of this article is that it is possible to identify one major or primary potential that sortition brings to the political community when it is used to select office holders. This is to be found when sortition is used in such a way as to maximise its most essential feature – its arationality – and where such an application has the most significant and positive impact on the political process and the political community. In such…
Political Potential of Sortition
Sorting Out Sortition
The central argument of this article is that it is possible to identify one major or primary potential that sortition brings to the political community when it is used to select office holders. This is to be found when sortition is used in such a way as to maximise its most essential feature – its arationality – and where such an application has the most significant and positive impact on the political process and the political community. In such…
Le tirage au sort en politique
Largement utilisé dans les démocraties anciennes, le tirage au sort a été marginalisé à l'âge moderne. Pourtant, l'intérêt nouveau pour les procédures de démocratie participative ou les jurys citoyens remet cette idée au goût du jour. À quelles conditions le recours à cette méthode de sélection et de choix peut-il être utile pour renouveler nos prises de décisions politiques
Introduction
Introducing part 2 of the Common Knowledge symposium "Antipolitics," this essay summarizes the "untold story" of the random recruitment of citizens for political office in Western Europe. Although sortition was used extensively in ancient Athens and in late medieval Europe, it is now (except for the randomly selected jury) a largely discontinued practice. While a good deal is known about when and where this procedure was used, there is little sur…
Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Lottery (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Democracy (1 work)