![]() ![]() The participants gather either in person or virtually, are paid, receive information from experts and then deliberate together to make policy recommendations to government officials. Rather than bringing all residents of a particular jurisdiction together, recently leaders have turned to selecting representative demographic samples of the population using the technique of “sortition.” People identified in the sample are invited to join the assembly, which functions like a jury. ![]() ![]() However one fresh tactic is increasingly being used to establish broad dialogue, actively engage citizens in policy decisions and thereby revitalize democracy.Ĭitizens’ assemblies have a long history, from ancient Athens and Rome to Rousseau’s Geneva and Vermont’s annual town halls. ![]() Neither escalating partisan conflict nor escapism are solutions. Both trends stem from people’s loss of trust in their government and belief that officials don’t represent and serve them. Threats to our democracy are two-fold: a growth of support for authoritarianism by some and the withdrawal from and lack of engagement in political activity by others. ![]()
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