2 papers
physics.soc-ph2017
Why lot: How sortition came to help representative democracy
Maurizio Caserta, Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda +1
In this paper we discuss the problems of modern representative democracy and we look at the selection of legislators by lot as a way to tame some of the drawbacks of that system. I…
physics.soc-ph2013
On the efficiency of the new Italian Senate and the role of 5 Stars Movement: Comparison among different possible scenarios by means of a virtual Parliament model
A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Garofalo +2
The recent 2013 Italian elections are over and the situation that President Napolitano will have to settle soon for the formation of the new government is not the simplest one. Aft…