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X-WR-CALNAME:"Lottocracy: Democracy without Elections."
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DESCRIPTION:The American Philosophical Association and the San José State 
 University Department of Philosophy present The American Philosophical Ass
 ociation Lecture\, "Lottocracy: Democracy without Elections\," delivered b
 y Alexander Guerrero (Prof. of Philosophy at Rutgers University).\n\nDemoc
 racy is in trouble. What is going wrong? What ought to be done? Alex Guerr
 ero argues that the problem is the heart of democracy in its modern form: 
 the election. Although electoral representative democracy has been a signi
 ficant improvement over other practiced political systems\, the basic mech
 anism—the election—is broken and non-viable under modern large-scale p
 olitical conditions. Guerrero argues that we should introduce a new form o
 f democracy: lottocracy. Lottocratic systems incorporate many new elements
 \, but the most striking is the shift from using elected representatives t
 o using representatives selected through lottery. Guerrero will discuss th
 e promise of lottocratic systems and potential concerns. He will consider 
 how rights of broad political participation\, political equality\, politic
 al power\, and political accountability and legitimacy are illuminated and
  reconfigured in a lottocratic framework.\n\nThis event is free and open t
 o the public.
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LOCATION:King Library\, 225
SUMMARY:"Lottocracy: Democracy without Elections."
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.sjsu.edu/event/lottocracy-democracy-without-el
 ections
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