People are losing faith in politics. There is a “triple trust” dilemma: people’s trust in institutions, institutions’ trust in people, and people’s trust in one another are alarmingly low.
Important decisions get stuck or ignored. Meanwhile, many are drawn to authoritarian alternatives.
DemocracyNext is an international research and action institute based in Den Haag, Netherlands. It is focused on broadening who has power and enhancing how we make decisions together.
The group champions three democratic practices – sortition (choosing decision makers by lottery), deliberation (structured collective reasoning), and rotation (taking turns to represent and be represented) – that together make democracy more legitimate, more trustworthy, and more effective.
