Sortition and cognitive ability
Politics, Philosophy & Economics
Published online on January 21, 2026
Abstract
Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Ahead of Print.
There is a growing sense that representative democracy is in crisis, leading to renewed interest in alternative institutional designs. One popular proposal—what I calllegislative sortition—says we should replace elected legislators with randomly selected ...
There is a growing sense that representative democracy is in crisis, leading to renewed interest in alternative institutional designs. One popular proposal—what I calllegislative sortition—says we should replace elected legislators with randomly selected ...