by Brian Wampler, Michael Touchton and Nikhil Kumar | Oct 11, 2021 | Dispatch
How Participatory Budgeting Can Improve Governance and Well-Being When designed well and implemented in favourable contexts, participatory budgeting has a track record of improving local governance and, ultimately, community well-being. In this dispatch, we share some...
by Carolin Hagelskamp, Josh Lerner and Nikhil Kumar | Oct 4, 2021 | Dispatch
Introducing a Global Theory of Change for Participatory Budgeting Participatory budgeting has been widely celebrated around the world, but its impacts have been uneven. In this Dispatch, we explain a new global theory of change that demonstrates how participatory...
by Azucena Morán and Melisa Ross | Sep 7, 2021 | Dispatch
Can Deliberation Overcome Its Extractivist Tendencies? Do deliberative processes merely extract knowledge from vulnerable communities without giving them anything in return? We examine alternative practices from the case of CabildoxLatAm. In September 2020, over 400...
by Dimitri Courant | Jun 9, 2021 | Dispatch
The promises and disappointments of the French Citizens’ Convention for Climate France’s grandiose exercise of deliberative democracy serves as a cautionary tale of the state making a promise it cannot keep. Illustration by Clara Cayosa The French Citizens’ Convention...
by Vincent Jacquet, David Talukder, Sophie Devillers, Jehan Bottin and Julien Vrydagh | Dec 18, 2020 | Dispatch
Deliberative Minipublics Has Made It to Mainstream Politics: A Dispatch From Belgium What was once a marginal proposal at democratic reform has now become a central part of the political process. Five political scientists investigate the case of the rise of...
by Ayano Takeuchi | Dec 18, 2020 | Dispatch
Japan Catches the Deliberative Wave Are we witnessing the rise of a participatory society in Japan? Ayano Takeuchi sends a dispatch from Tokyo. Illustration by Geloy Concepcion The Japanese people are faced with a decision of choosing the kind of society they wish to...
