Appointments to boards and committees via lottery,a pathway to fairness and diversity |
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| Authors: | Lyn Carson Ron Lubensky |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney;2. Department of Government and International Studies, School of Political and Social Studies, University of Sydney |
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| Abstract: | - Public appointments for committees or boards can be controversial due to cronyism or pandering to demands of noisy or powerful interest groups. One relatively unexplored method for selecting committee or board members is random selection which has advantages beyond interrupting cronyism. This paper canvasses the strengths and weaknesses of an unusual selection method and makes a case for the use of a lottery as a robust process that will lend legitimacy and credibility to committee or board governance.
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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