For a New Democracy
Hugh PopeHugh Pope's articles on sortition, citizens' assemblies and deliberative democracy. I'm on the advisory board of DemocracyNext and co-edited my late father's Maurice Pope's book The Keys to Democracy: Sortition as a New Model of Citizen Power.
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Who's afraid of citizens' assemblies? These leading lights endorse them
I am constantly amazed by how, when I’m given the chance to explain citizens’ assemblies, eyes brighten. Young people especially get fired up with some hope that there’s a better way to do democracy.
But can deliberative democracy catch on...
The Carney Trap: can more of the same really save democracy?
When the news searchlight lit upon Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney last month as the saviour of democracies from US President Donald Trump and right-wing authoritarianism around the world, did it really show us a new path forward?
Or d...
"Oh Sultan of All the Horizons, how I miss you!" (Actually, not).
To hammer home the universal relevance of deliberative democracy, I treat every speaking opportunity as a possible nail. Hitting this one cleanly, though, was a challenge: my comments were to be made from the front bench of an Oxford Union...
Why democracy needs participation, vigilance and hard work
In Adventures in Democracy, political philosopher Erica Benner has one main goal: to survey what underpins good government and how it could be made better. She tells her story through a mix of political history, philosophy, and vivid snapsh...
"Rich and sophisticated"
Dr Peter Stone, a political science professor at Trinity College Dublin, says he waited 25 years to find and read my late father Maurice Pope’s book The Keys to Democracy: Sortition as a New Model of Citizen Power.
So it was great to s...
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Author, ex-reporter for The Wall Street Journal and former analyst for The International Crisis Group. My three Substacks are on: citizens' assemblies and deliberative democracy; my reflections while hiking; and my favourite books.
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