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Total: 17 results found.

1. Funding Local Democracy
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... in this field, describes some of the most influential models and processes, and provides examples of particularly significant democratic governance efforts. It also outlines some of the cutting-edge questions ...
2. Knowledge Building
(About Us/Task Groups)
... well as the strengths and weaknesses of various models. Increase information about the outcomes of deliberative processes and highlight their value to various constituencies. Develop better assessment ...
3. Democracy Helpline
(Initiatives/Projects - General)
... who indicates a desire to work with residents in low-income neighborhoods will be presented with case studies like the Neighbors Building Neighborhoods process in Rochester, New York, and the Strong Neighborhoods ...
... scientists are usually in the best position to analyze the effects of environmental processes and actions, good analysis often requires information about local conditions, which is most likely to come ...
5. GOP Website Offers Platform Input
(Headlines/U.S. News)
[From NPR.org] The Platform Committee for the Republican National Convention has launched a Web site to introduce participatory democracy to the platform-writing process. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says ...
6. The Deliberative Democracy Handbook
(Resources/Member Contributions)
The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is the first book to bring together the best practices and thinking on citizen participation processes. Citizen participation is both the heart of democracy and a mandatory ...
7. The Next Form of Democracy
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... a dramatic shift. More than ever before, citizens are educated, skeptical, and capable of bringing the decision-making process to a sudden halt. Public officials and other leaders are tired of confrontation ...
8. The Change Handbook
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... methods, and sustaining results. It also describes each change method's essential concepts and processes and provides advice on when to use each method. Including ninety contributors, with many of the ...
9. Thrilling Show of People Power
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... civil way. They voted, offered comments, and moved on to the next item on the agenda. We have a word for what they were doing. The word is democracy. And because the process was an ...
... processes such as citizens juries and consensus conferences seek to include a broad cross section of lay citizens. Advocates of these processes, referred to collectively in this paper as citizens ...
... this sort of approach is the right thing to do. These approaches share several characteristics in common. First, they engage citizens in ongoing participation in the political process ...
12. Boston Civic Summit
(The Democracy Movement/AmericaSpeaks)
... and created Civic Action Teams to follow up on the priority items (among the long-term priorities was to establish the civic summit as a regular event). I’m really interested to see where the process goes ...
13. Expecting More from Your eGovernment
(The Democracy Movement/Online Deliberation)
... process. Expecting More from your E-Government starts with a challenge from Steve Clift: “Isn’t it interesting that the best-designed government websites are those collecting your taxes, while the worst ...
14. Deliberative Democracy FAQ
(About Us/Deliberative Democracy General)
...  to implementation. How does deliberation happen? There is a growing inventory of methods to bring the public into decision-making processes at all ...
15. DDC Resources
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... to these ten points can help assure an effective and successful process (November 17, 2005) Using the Power to Convene A "how to" for legislative ...
16. Knowledge Building
(Category)
... well as the strengths and weaknesses of various models. Increase information about the outcomes of deliberative processes and highlight their value to various constituencies. Develop better assessment ...
17. Resources
(Section)
...  for innovative deliberative democratic processes such as citizens juries and consensus conferences seek to include a broad cross section of lay citizens.  ...
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Deliberative Democracy Handbook

The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is the first book to bring together the best practices and thinkin on deliberative citizen participation processes. Deliberative democracy is the nationwide movement to make citizen participation meaningful and effective. Learn more...

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Change Handbook

In a completely revised and updated second edition, lead authors Peggy Holman, Tom Devane, and Steven Cady profile sixty-one change methods--up from eighteen in the first edition. Nineteen of these methods are explored in depth, with case studies, answers to frequently asked questions, and details on the roles and responsibilities of the people involved, conditions for success, and more. Learn more...

Journal of Public Deliberation
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The Next Form of Democracy

Beneath the national radar, the relationship between citizens and government is undergoing a dramatic shift. The stories of civic experiments in "The Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule Is Giving Way to Shared Governance -- and Why Politics Will Never Be the Same" by DDC Executive Director Matt Leighninger show us the realpolitik of deliberative democracy, and illustrate how the evolution of democracy is already reshaping politics. Learn more...

Democracy Helpline


Deliberative Democracy HelplineThe growth of democratic governance has been a grassroots phenomenon. The promise of the Democracy Helpline, a project of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and its Partners, is to enable a broader array of people to make use of these powerful democratic strategies and principles. Learn more...