POLS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Indirect Election, Montesquieu, Sortition
18 Oct 2018
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Pols 1000 introduction to politics lecture week 6. Readings: chapter 2: the triumph of election; pg. Page 42-44: the use of the lot system did not exclusively belong to the athenians, most places where power was exercised by the people, the lot system was in play. It played a role in the assemblies of the roman people: e. g. It fell into the same category as election: republican models had either combined the two procedures of lot and election or alternated between them. This desire fueled factional conflicts: factionalism groups of people formed around a leader who reject the status quo and actively work against established authority within a society. In both cases, recourse was made to something external and neutral to overcome factional strife. In the italian cities, the use of lot shifted the allocation of office to a procedure that was not subject to human influence: an outcome determined by lot was more acceptable to conflicting factions.
