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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).
February 18, 2004 1:51 PM | category: deliberation | Comments
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Great news! Will you be offering any opportunity for other folks to volunteer to participate?
February 18, 2004 6:04 PM | Comments (2) | posted by Michael Weiksner
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.
February 20, 2004 2:21 PM | Comments (2) | posted by Frederick Emrich