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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Sortition on the rise – one lucky idea at a time
My first piece of lucky news: “The Keys to Democracy: Sortition as a Model for Citizen Power” is now out as a £14.95 paperback!
The UK’s Imprint Academic – a rare publishing house specialising in sortition, or the random selection of peop...
"Why isn't everyone doing this?"
“Impact on policy may not happen the first time. But if these are done regularly … I would love to see citizens’ assemblies be a normal thing and have the [city] council people and politicians commit to listening to what the citizens have...
Can juries be the knights that slay the AI dragons?
My inbox is full of quests to slay the fiery dragons of our times, many of them powered by artificial intelligence and including scourges like social media addiction. Or at least how to fence them in, now that we have awakened it without pl...
It must be true, it's on the BBC
I love to tune into the BBC World Service when preparing breakfast. My ears really pricked up this morning as I listened to a report on Peru’s 7 June 2026 presidential election – about 42 minutes into today’s first morning round of Newsday....
Sortition goes back further in Brussels than many people think
The city successfully used random selection to solve a mediaeval crisis – and could do so again
Sortition – the random selection of groups of people to study, deliberate and decide on a disputed topic – struggles to be seen as a credible o...
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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: For a New Democracy (on sortition); Walking with Einstein (eg on my Brux-to-Lux Trail); and Hugh Reviews (on books).
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