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The Egalitarian Quality of Lottocracy

Julia Jakobi

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education.field_of_studymedia_common.quotation_subjectPopulationEconomic JusticeDemocracyRepresentation (politics)PoliticsBallotUNESCO::FILOSOFÍA:FILOSOFÍA [UNESCO]VotingEconomicsProcedural democracyeducationLaw and economicsmedia_common

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Abstract. Recently, political models which employ lottery-selection instead of ballot voting have been proposed. Proponents argue that such  lottocratic models can improve the representation of the population and reduce undemocratic influences. In this paper, I argue that these proposals also satisfy the egalitarian requirement of democracy. I claim that having an  equal chance to be selected by lot  is equally egalitarian as having  an equally weighed vote  for two reasons: first, having a chance to be selected by lot satisfies the requirement for  political justice better than electoral democracy and second, it provides citizens with equal political  influence  and not merely equal  impact. Keywords: Lottocracy, Procedural Democracy, Political Equality, Political Fairness, Egalitarian Democracy

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2019-11-26
https://hdl.handle.net/10550/73329