Welcome to the Deliberative Democracy Digest

A roundup of recent developments in the theory and practice of deliberative democracy.

Democracy without Shortcuts

Are deliberative minipublics acceptable democratic shortcuts in building a participatory deliberative democracy?

The Challenge of Global Deliberative Democracy

Global citizens’ assemblies can democratise global governance. But how these assemblies are convened needs to be democratised too. 

A Deliberative Democrat in the Jury Room

Do deliberative democrats make good jurors? Sonia Bussu reflects on her experience as a foreperson in a London jury.

Japan Catches the Deliberative Wave

Are we witnessing the rise of a participatory society in Japan? Ayano Takeuchi sends a dispatch from Tokyo.

Articles

Promoting deliberative journalism: A dispatch from Colorado

Promoting deliberative journalism: A dispatch from Colorado

How can journalism foster a deliberative mindset? For Martin Carcasson, journalists can reinvigorate their role and expand their impact on their community by situating themselves more in terms of being facilitators of public deliberation.

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Debating Sortition

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.

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Getting the Publishing House in Order: Democratising Academic Publishing

Getting the Publishing House in Order: Democratising Academic Publishing

In the second of this two-part series, six early career academics offer an agenda for advancing academic practices, particularly in the field of publishing, grounded on the normative commitments of deliberative democracy.

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Deliberative democracy in a neoliberal academy

Deliberative democracy in a neoliberal academy

In the first of a two-part series, six early career academics examine the constraints posed by the neoliberal academy in advancing the practice of deliberative democracy.

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Deliberative Democracy in Southeast Asia

Deliberative Democracy in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is a region often associated with authoritarian resilience and democratic decline. Baogang He talks to Nicole Curato about the various ways in which Southeast Asian countries have institutionalised mechanisms for deliberative democracy to address complex governance issues.

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Call for New Editors – Journal of Deliberative Democracy

Call for New Editors – Journal of Deliberative Democracy

The Journal of Deliberative Democracy is pleased to invite expressions of interest for the editorship of the journal. The new editorial team is expected to serve from April 2023 to April 2026. Multi-institutional and multi-country bids are encouraged but not required.

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Ned Crosby, 1936-2022

Ned Crosby, 1936-2022

We celebrate the life of Ned Crosby, who envisioned the possibilities of deliberative democracy.

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Risks and lessons from the deliberative wave

Risks and lessons from the deliberative wave

In the first of a two-part series, deliberative democracy advocates examine the political risks and emerging lessons from the so-called ‘deliberative wave.’

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Putting faith in randomness and personal contact

Putting faith in randomness and personal contact

In this conversation, Dan Durrant invites Linus Strothman to explain the power of combining random selection and personal outreach in recruiting participants for deliberative minipublics.

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