Imperial College London
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ProfessorJeremyPitt

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor of Intelligent and Self-Organising Systems
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6318j.pitt Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Joan O'Brien +44 (0)20 7594 6316

 
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Location

 

1010Electrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Pitt:2019:10.1109/SASO.2018.00013,
author = {Pitt, J and Ober, J},
doi = {10.1109/SASO.2018.00013},
pages = {20--29},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {Democracy by design: basic democracy and the self-organisation of collective governance},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SASO.2018.00013},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Basic democracy has been proposed as a means of collective self-governance distinct from liberal democracy, i.e. it is a conventional rule-based system of empowerment, decision-making and public action that is both prior to and separate from concerns such as justice, morality and rights. In this paper, we investigate the automation of basic democracy as a framework for the self-organisation of collective governance in open systems. We present a series of simulation experiments in civic participation, legislation, and entrenchment, which demonstrate how an open system founded on the principles of basic democracy can mitigate the risks of oligarchy, autocracy and majoritarian tyranny. This implies that basic democracy can provide a stable platform for implementing value-driven requirements such as the supply of sustainable institutions and 'liberal' values like distributive justice. We conclude by considering the implications for the development and management of socio-technical systems, specifically that these systems should be 'supplied' based on the theory of basic democracy, codified as principles of democracy by design.
AU  - Pitt,J
AU  - Ober,J
DO  - 10.1109/SASO.2018.00013
EP  - 29
PB  - IEEE
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1949-3673
SP  - 20
TI  - Democracy by design: basic democracy and the self-organisation of collective governance
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SASO.2018.00013
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000459885200003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8613716
ER  -
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