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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…
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…
Accidental Politicians: How Randomly Selected Legislators Can Improve Parliament Efficiency
A. Pluchino, C. Garofalo, A. Rapisarda +2
We study a prototypical model of a Parliament with two Parties or two Political Coalitions and we show how the introduction of a variable percentage of randomly selected independen…