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Insight into ways public deliberation can augment decision-maker interaction with the public, and get things done.

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From the Collaborative Governance Initiative: In designing public involvement, extra attention to these ten points can help assure an effective and successful process (November 17, 2005).
file icon Public Workshot!Tooltip 05/22/2008 Hits: 2066
Program overview for the Demos Center for the Public Sector: strategies to change perceptions of government and build support for its essential tasks, engaging national and state leaders and beginning a new public conversation (December 5, 2005).
file icon Using the Power to Convenehot!Tooltip 05/22/2008 Hits: 2066
A "how to" for legislative leaders.
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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...

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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...