Deliberative Mini-Publics: Core Design Features
Nicole Curato, David Farrell, Brigitte Geißel, Kimmo Grönlund, Patricia Mockler, Jean-Benoit Pilet, Alan Renwick, Jonathan Rose, Maija Setälä, and Jane Suiter
Abstract
Deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) are gaining popularity as a way to engage ordinary citizens in policymaking. From climate assemblies to online citizen panels on Covid19, these initiatives raise questions about effective approaches to democratic reform as well as the future of democracy itself. Bringing together ten leading scholars in the field of deliberative democracy, this important book examines the features of a Deliberative Mini-Public (DMP) and considers how DMPs link into democratic systems. It examines the core design features of DMPs and their role in the broader policy process and ... More
Deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) are gaining popularity as a way to engage ordinary citizens in policymaking. From climate assemblies to online citizen panels on Covid19, these initiatives raise questions about effective approaches to democratic reform as well as the future of democracy itself. Bringing together ten leading scholars in the field of deliberative democracy, this important book examines the features of a Deliberative Mini-Public (DMP) and considers how DMPs link into democratic systems. It examines the core design features of DMPs and their role in the broader policy process and takes stock of the characteristics that distinguish them from other forms of citizen participation. The book offers valuable insights into the contributions that DMPs can make not only to the policy process, but also to the broader agenda of revitalising democracy in contemporary times.
Keywords:
Citizen engagement,
Deliberative democracy,
Deliberative mini-publics,
Democracy,
Governance,
Public participation,
Public sphere
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781529214109 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2022 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529214109.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Nicole Curato, author
University of Canberra
David Farrell, author
University College Dublin
Brigitte Geißel, author
Goethe University Frankfurt
Kimmo Grönlund, author
Åbo Akademi University
Patricia Mockler, author
Queen's University
Jean-Benoit Pilet, author
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Alan Renwick, author
University College London
Jonathan Rose, author
Queen's University
Maija Setälä, author
University of Turku
Jane Suiter, author
Dublin City University
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