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		<title>The Democratic Lottery*</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a newly elected President and the most fragmented Parliament in its history, Brazilian politics are likely headed for gridlock. Lottery could well be the solution. Tiago Peixoto and Guilherme Lessa For many Brazilians who recently cast their ballots to &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2019/01/09/the-democratic-lottery/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2019/01/09/the-democratic-lottery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing Off-Road Traffic Legislation in Finland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A paper by&#160;Tanja Aitamurto (Tampere) and&#160;H&#233;l&#232;ne Landemore (Stanford) on an interesting crowdsourcing exercise in Finland. Abstract This paper reports on a pioneering case study of a legislative process open to the direct online participation of the public. The empirical context &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/07/21/crowdsourcing-off-road-traffic-legislation-in-finland/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=788&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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