Citizens’ Assemblies

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Direct and deliberative democracy against populism? Referendums and citizens’ assemblies in a comparative perspective

The Institute of Advanced Studies promotes an interdisciplinary approach in research and education, offering a place of multicultural meeting and encouraging international mobility among professors, P...

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@[email protected] Thank you for all the information. Autocracy started about 8k years ago, but we are used to call it "patriarchy" because it were men who decided to terminate the cooperative human societies of the stone ages for their benefit. By the way, this was not only a completely unnecessary decision in terms of the progress of civilization, but also downright counterproductive. The expenditure on people and material for war alone represents the greatest destruction of lifes and values ​​in the history and herstory of humankind! Although mostly oppressed, some women had no problem supporting men's autocracy: Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, the English queens, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel and Georgia Meloni may serve as examples. Autocratic economies began with slavery, then feudalism and finally capitalism. Globally, capitalism became the predominant autocratic economy, but especially slavery also still exists today. Autocracy encompasses not only the economy, but also politics, culture and religion. However, as a first step, particularly in the last 250 years, it became possible to democratize the area of ​​politics. If democratic political structures are under threat all over the world today, it is because the second step, namely the democratization of the economy, has never been taken. Democracy in politics AND economy would connect to human society before the rise of autocracy. For this to happen, competition has to be replaced by cooperation in all areas. I wonder whether there is still enough time for that global process? 😘❤️🙏

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Dutch Retail Pension Fund Organizes Sortition-Based Members' Assembly

In February and March this year, the Dutch Retail Pension Fund organized a Members' Assembly in order to adapt its investment strategy to more accurately make it mirror its 1.3 million members' prefer...

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List of sessions - Streaming Service of the European Commission

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🗳️ Voting isn’t Democratic. We need Sortition

The climate activist movements that follow Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil must face complex questions of power, decision making and culture head on.

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After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?

Trying to change someone’s mind can seem futile. But there are approaches to political discourse that still matter, even if they don’t instantly win someone over.

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Voting isn’t democratic. We need sortition

Randomly selecting people to rule would be a hell of a lot better than holding elections