An article examining the practice of sortition today and its role as organic and necessary, but highly neglected, part of the direct democracy as anti-authoritarian form of self-management. Democracy ...

Campbell Wallace, suggesting “sortition” as a democratic solution, says that “the Greeks of Aristotle's day knew that elections could lead to oligarchy, not democracy” (Letters, 20 May). Centuries ...

The theme of the 2024 General Election was meant to be change. Apart from the end of the chaotic Conservative government and its replacement by a Labour one, the course seems to have been stayed in ...

Throughout history, countless men and women have been willing to sacrifice their lives for their belief in the superiority of their country and its way of governance. But virtually none of them were ...

It began as a thought experiment. “Who would you take with you to a desert island or Armageddon?” asked a friend. “Not my sister, “I said. “She would forget ...

The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place scientifically, technically and socially.

The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place scientifically, technically and socially.