When Citizens Decide - Fournier, Patrick (, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Universite de Montreal) a van der Kolk, Henk (, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Twente) a Carty, R. Kenneth (, Professor, Department of Political Sc

Three unprecedented large-scale democratic experiments have taken place in which groups of randomly selected ordinary citizens were asked to independently design the next electoral system. The lessons drawn from the research are relevant for those interested in political participation, public opinion, deliberation, public policy, and democracy