In Norway, more voices, better solutions (csmonitor.com)
‘To help patch up public faith in democracy, 40,000 people were picked at random from all walks of life, and then 66 were chosen to deliberate together over four months on a “citizens’ assembly,” ... called the Future Panel. ... This type of well-informed, civil, and participatory decision-making – across party lines and across age groups...’
“The idea was that we were different people from different parts of the country. My experience is that we had all the same fundamental values.”