Demarhia sau despre încercarea de îmblânzire a hazardului: între trecut și viitor
Demarchia or about the attempt to tame the hazard: between past and future

Author(s): Cosmin Țugui
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law
Published by: Universul Juridic
Keywords: Demarchy; Representivity; Lottocracy; Community; Engagement;
Summary/Abstract: Democracies go through a continuous process of successive transformations, which requires a special capacity of adaptation on the part of the citizens, but also of those in charge of the state. The essence of a functional democracy lies in the permanent collaboration between the state and society, based on responsibility, trust and mutual support. Citizens feel systematically excluded from the decision-making process, as democratic practices tend to become more and more formal and the legislative process more and more rigid. That is why the state must encourage civic engagement in all its forms, by developing some normative framework conditions intended to encourage the individual desire of the citizen to get involved. Participatory democracy can be combined with demarchy, representing the drawing of lots of a group of citizens invested with decision-making power on matters of major interest. In an age dominated by the optimism of rational planning, random democratic procedures can help strengthen the legitimacy of representative institutions and rebuild citizens' trust in the political class.

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