Lottocracy and deliberative accountability. (January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Buchstein, Hubertus
• Is Part Of: Philosophy & social criticism. Volume 47:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 40
• Page End: 44
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Subjects: Cristina Lafont -- deliberative accountability -- electoral law reform -- lottocracy -- minipublics; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; 300.1
• DOI: 10.1177/0191453720964994
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0191-4537

Abstract

The comment on Cristina Lafont's book includes two main points. (1) Minipublics do not necessarily stand in opposition to political theories that justify electoral democracy and participatory conceptions of deliberative democracy. In contrast to such a view, I argue that minipublics should be combined with electoral and participatory forms of democracy. (2) A deliberative concept of accountability may overcome some of the shortcomings of the traditional, voluntaristic concepts of democratic accountability.