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February 18, 2004
deliberation book
John Gastil of the University of Washington and I are co-editing a book on deliberative processes. We have the chapter authors lined up and are about to sign a contract. Each chapter will describe a concrete experiment that involves citizens in structured discussions of public issues or problems. A non-exhaustive list of these experiments would include the National Issues Forums, Study Circles, Deliberative Polling, and America Speaks in the US; several online experiments; and very important non-US cases such as the participatory budging process in Porto Allegre, Brazil (in which very large citizens' councils actually allocate a portion of the city's budget).
Posted by peterlevine at February 18, 2004 01:51 PM
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Great news! Will you be offering any opportunity for other folks to volunteer to participate?
Posted by: Michael Weiksner at February 18, 2004 06:04 PM
Peter: Recently I participated in a National Issues Forums introductory training. It whetted my appetite for learning more about that model in particular and deliberative processes in general. I look forward to seeing this book when it is available.
Posted by: Frederick Emrich at February 20, 2004 02:21 PM
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