Hugh Pope
Author, Reporter, Editor
Category: Democracy
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Random thoughts about elite university applications, including a related excerpt from Maurice Pope’s The Keys to Democracy.
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First impressions as Jessica JJ Lutz publishes her new book ‘We-mind vs. Me-mind: A New Vision for Leadership and Success.’
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Faced with another five years of polarising electoral politics, could Turkey do with a dose of sortition?
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A blog roll with links and photos to record the public presentations of the book The Keys to Democracy.
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Endorsements and excerpts from reviews for The Keys to Democracy: sortition as a new model for citizen power by the late Maurice Pope.
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How often do any of us study a single topic for 27 working days, spread over four months of reflection? Backed by the full support of a government and briefings by experts, officials, civil society and academics? Helped by regular deliberation with fellow citizens from all parts of our community? And in our conclusions, responsible…
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A blog on why I’m so pleased and proud to join the Advisory Board of DemocracyNext.
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Background to the forthcoming publication in Spring 2023 of the late classicist Maurice Pope’s last and long-lost book on sortition-based democracy.
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While researching the history of random selection in democracies, this 1936 book by a French parliamentarian struck me as full of common sense about the problems with elections-based rule.
Hugh Pope 