AltInst: Experiments in Demarchy

The following organization has collected quite a bit of experience
relevant for the concept of "demarchy", or government by randomly
selected citizens:

http://www.jefferson-center.org/

The Jefferson Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization located in
Minneapolis Minnesota, USA. Established in 1974, the central focus of the
Center is its trademarked Citizens Jury process, through which randomly
selected and demographically representative panels of citizens meet for
several days to examine public policy issues and present their
recommendations to decision-makers and the public.

Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
MSN 1D3, Carow Hall, Fairfax VA 22030
703-993-2326 FAX: 703-993-2323

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Received on Tue Jun 20 10:40:08 2000