Demarchy

Quick meaning: Demarchy is a noun meaning Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.

Meaning

Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.

Example Sentences

In his recent book Is Democracy Possible? (1985) John Burnheim advocates a system that he calls ‘demarchy’, with striking resemblances to classical democracy. […] This is more significant for demarchies administering manufacturing processes, but would affect them all to some extent.

Coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim, a demarchy, or lottocracy, is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected from a pool of eligible citizens. Demarchies have been portrayed extensively in scifi, including Alastair Reynolds’s Revelation Space series of novels (where it’s used to flatten hierarchies), […]

Word Forms

• demarchies

Synonyms for demarchy

Depending on context, synonyms include lottocracy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lottocracy, politocracy, pseudodemocracy, superdemocracy, electocracy, nomocracy.

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