by Brett Hennig, Cristina Lafont, Samuel Bagg and Sonia Bussu | Feb 21, 2023 | Big ideas
Debating Sortition What are the appropriate uses of sortition in contemporary democracies? To what extent can these practices advance democratic transformation? Here are four big ideas. Image by Annika Hernandez Debating Sortition kicked off the ‘Democratizing...
by Hendrik Wagenaar, Carolyn M. Hendriks and Selen Ercan | Apr 13, 2021 | Big ideas
The Impact and Ongoing Development of Deliberative Policy Analysis In this roundtable discussion, Selen Ercan invites Hendrik Wagenaar and Carolyn M. Hendriks to revisit the origins of Deliberative Policy Analysis and identify the task ahead for scholars and...
by Cristina Lafont, Jane Mansbridge, Mark Warren and André Bächtiger | Mar 15, 2021 | Big ideas
The Contours of Participatory Democracy in the 21st Century Journal of Deliberative Democracy’s co-editor André Bächtiger challenged Cristina Lafont, Jane Mansbridge and Mark E. Warren to characterise their vision for democracy in the twenty first century and reflect...
by Yago Bermejo Abati and Susan Nakyung Lee | Dec 18, 2020 | Big ideas
The Challenge of Global Deliberative Democracy Global citizens’ assemblies can democratise global governance. But how these assemblies are convened need to be democratised too. Illustration by Alice Mollon In recent years, national and local citizens’ assemblies have...
by Marcin Gerwin | Dec 18, 2020 | Big ideas
Waldenia Model for Deliberative Democracy How exactly can citizens’ assemblies be a foundation for a full-scale model of deliberative democracy? Marcin Gerwin pitches a big idea. Illustration by Eszter Csordás Can you imagine a country where politicians are no longer...
by Ned Crosby | Dec 18, 2020 | Big ideas
Voting in a Functional Democracy Voting is a core tool in a functioning democracy, but it is now in desperate need of improvement. This long read proposes a major reform intended to deal with these problems: The Citizens Election Forum. Illustration by...
