Deliberative Democracy’s Attempt to Turn Politics into Law
Drawing on an example of President Bush’s decision as to whether or not to fund stem cell research, author Christopher H. Schroeder explores in this 2001 article what it takes to make a possible...
View ArticleWho Wants to Deliberate – and Why?
Who Wants to Deliberate – and Why? is an article published as part of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Faculty Research Working Paper Series, co-authored by Michael Neblo, Kevin Esterling, Ryan Kennedy,...
View ArticleDeterring Fake Public Participation
Fake public participation is widespread in United States government and in governments all over the world. Since fake public participation undermines true public participation, good government...
View ArticleDeliberative Democracy or Discursively Biased? Perth’s Dialogue with the City...
The author of this article is Paul J. Maginna of the School of Earth and Geographical Sciences at the University of Western Australia. Published in the Journal Space and Polity, Volume 11, Issue 3...
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Pathways to Participation
Pathways to Participation is a 2011 report from the UK that explores why and how people participate in their society. Tim Hughes, one of the report researchers, pointed out in an email to NCDD member...
View ArticleFive Assumptions Academics Make About Public Deliberation, And Why They...
This 2011 article by NCDD member Caroline W. Lee of Lafayette College was published in Volume 7 of the Journal of Public Deliberation. A free download of the article is available at...
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Localizing Development: Does Participation Work?
This Policy Research Report (2013) from the World Bank analyzes community development and decentralization projects, showing that such projects often fail to be sensitive to complex contexts –...
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From Fairy Tale to Reality: Dispelling the Myths around Citizen Engagement
Citizen engagement has become increasingly important in the last ten years, but we have barely scraped the surface of what innovative public engagement can do for public services, communities and...
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Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism
This 2010 book by Henry Giroux capitalizes upon the popularity of zombies, exploring the relevance of the metaphor they provide for examining the political and pedagogical conditions that have produced...
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Divisive Discourse: The Extreme Rhetoric of Contemporary American Politics
The 258-page book, Divisive Discourse: The Extreme Rhetoric of Contemporary American Politics, by Joseph Zompetti was published January 2015. In the book, he discusses the extreme rhetoric that...
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