ELECTORALISM AND THE OLIGARCHIZATION OF DEMOCRACY: THE USE OF LOT AS A GUARANTEE OF THE REPUBLICAN IDEAL OF NON-DOMINATION

In recent years, the "malaise" of the world population with the rules and results of representative democracy has become a public and notorious fact in most democracies in the world. The corruption of the political system, the difficulties in overcoming social inequalities and the inability to include minorities reflect a persistent dominance of political elites, incompatible with civic-democratic values. Based on the observation of the practical limits of contemporary representative governments, in general, and of Brazilian representative democracy, in particular, the purpose of the article is to debate to what extent the reintroduction of the lot in our political practices may contribute to a rehabilitation of democratic values, promote social inclusion and favor the implementation of freedom as non-domination, in terms of the formulation of Philip Pettit. To achieve this purpose, recent theoretical references in the field of the so-called "democratic innovations" will be addressed, in particular the perspective of "open democracy", by Helene Landemore. The methodology adopted is bibliographic analysis.