Robin Cohen

Robin Cohen is Senior Research Fellow at Kellogg College and Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford. In this blog he writes as a concerned citizen rather than someone with a particular expertise in electoral systems.

Beating the Cambridge Analyticas: change the way we (s)elect our representatives

As Aristotle put it: ‘It is accepted as democratic when public offices are allocated by lot, and as oligarchic when they are filled by election’ (Aristotle, Politics IV. 9, 1294b8).

By Robin Cohen

/ 24 Mar 2018