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Pfff... c'est plus compliqué que ça - Madagascar Tribune

Mon, 01/31/2011 - 23:53

Pfff... c'est plus compliqué que ça
Madagascar Tribune
La Sortition ou « Démocratie parfois appelée sans élections » qui est le processus de choix des décideurs par l'intermédiaire d'un processus qui est basé sur le schéma des sorts par opposition à l'élection par voix. La Démocratie de consensus qui exige ...

Representative Monarchy - London Review of Books (subscription) (blog)

Tue, 11/23/2010 - 18:47

Representative Monarchy
London Review of Books (subscription) (blog)
Sortition was used to staff public offices in ancient Athens, as well as for the past 800 years or so, in Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions, for jury empanelment. ...

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