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NCDD/DDC White House Open Government Response

by Tim on January 9, 2012

The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) and the Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC) have put out a joint response to the recent White House call for input. It’s very solid, so please make sure to read it in full: Strengthening the Public Participation Elements of the Open Government Plan (PDF). Especially noteworthy is a list of [...]

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Deliberative Democracy Workshop: February 3-5, 2011 in Sydney, Australia

by Tim on February 1, 2011

In case you haven’t seen, there’s a very interesting event coming up this week. The Deliberative Democracy Workshop “Connecting Research and Practice” will take place February 3-5, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. An invited workshop, it will bring together some of the leading researchers and practitioners in this field from around the world. The expected key [...]

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Intellitics at “No Better Time” Conference, University of New Hampshire, July 8-11, 2009

by Tim on July 7, 2009

I’ll be taking the red-eye to Boston tonight on my way to what looks like a great conference: No Better Time: Promising Opportunities in Deliberative Democracy for Educators and Practitioners The conference is hosted by The Democracy Imperative and the Deliberative Democracy Consortium. From their website: What are the conference’s objectives? Deliberative democracy has reached [...]

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What Is Deliberation?

by Tim on March 4, 2009

In their FAQ, The Deliberative Democracy Consortium defines deliberation and deliberative democracy as follows: What is “deliberation”? Deliberation is an approach to decision-making in which citizens consider relevant facts from multiple points of view, converse with one another to think critically about options before them and enlarge their perspectives, opinions, and understandings. What is “deliberative democracy”? [...]

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