Everyday People Are Designing Chile’s New National Constitution
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A perennial dilemma for representative democracies is how can they continually boost legitimacy by connecting in a real and vital way with the everyday people who are the backbone of that governing system. Amid fears that the constitution would be drafted by “the usual suspects” — political elites — the designers of the new constitutional convention have taken steps to enhance what I consider to be three crucial pillars of democratic governance: 1) broad representation, 2) an inclusive process and 3) a forward-looking mandate.