Public engagement is an umbrella term that encompasses numerous methods for bringing
people together to address issues of public importance. In this article, we focus on direct …

Innovative forums that integrate citizen deliberation into policy making are revitalizing
democracy in many places around the world. Yet controversy abounds over whether these …

The state of Oregon established the Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR) to improve the quality of
public deliberation during direct elections. To better understand how a deliberative “mini …

This article introduces deliberative inquiry (DI), a practical theory designed to guide the work
of deliberative practitioners working in their local communities to better address wicked …

The chapter offers a systematic overview of the use of digital tools for various forms of
political participation and the experiences made so far, based on an extensive literature …

The Constitution of Kenya 2010 introduced a framework for devolving public resources in
Kenya's forty-seven Counties. The Counties were given the responsibilities of maintaining …

Background This paper describes the design, implementation, and process outcomes from
three public deliberations held in three tribal communities. Although increasingly used …

This study aims to conduct an assessment of emergency information sharing between the
government and the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this study intends to …

Deliberative democratic theory has proposed the use of mini-publics to discern a more
reflective public opinion, which can then be conveyed to policymakers or back to the wider …

This article examines citizen participation in Lebanon. Specifically, we apply the
International Association for Public Participation Spectrum of Public Participation (2007) and …