SPIRAL: A Method That Explicitly Integrates Dissent for a Living Deliberative Democracy
@davevolek : The #SPIRALmethod goes further than classic #participation: it explicitly includes #dissent, meaning the #expression and traceability of #disagreements, without blocking collective experimentation. A #sophisticated #model for moving forward together, even in #divergence. #Coresponsibility #DeliberativeDemocracy #SPIRAL #democracy #politics SPIRAL method, developed by…
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#WhereIdeasFlow #FWakeFlow #ConcernsOfFinnegans ( #riverrun )
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#TheBestFutureOne #PeterPomerantsevIgnored !!!
― Peter Pomerantsev, This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality, 2019
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This is the final day to register for the Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies. A learning journey awaits you in Warsaw.
📸 Get inspired with the energy from previous editions.
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🌹Last days of spring, last chances to apply for the Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies.
Applications are open for the full event, and the additional day of Deep Dive on Involving Children and Youth in deliberation.
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Hosted by Shipyard Foundation, Fundacja Pole Dialogu and Urząd m.st. Warszawy. In partnership with KNOCA - Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies, Child Rights International Network - CRIN and European Climate Foundation.
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This is a good example of radical empathy (thanks to @timhollo).
"the table with Phillip Peterkin from the Trumpet of Patriots reached consensus not only on a range of strong policies on housing justice but also on taxing wealth. It was Peterkin who at one point was in tears, recognising for the first time the potential of real, deep democratic discussion."
#AusPol #Democracy #DeliberativeDemocracy
https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/community-leads-candidates-towards-democracy/
60 members of the local Murwillumbah community took part in an event designed to promote community collaboration and better democracy by flipping the script of the traditional “Meet the Candidates” forum. Discover more about that here.
People often ask me - have citizens' assemblies been commissioned more by the left or the right? While I've been answering that question from my general knowledge of the cases in the OECD - OCDE database that Ieva Česnulaitytė and I created, as well as experience working with a mix of politicians from all political stripes, there hasn't been any empirical research on this - yet. A new paper by Rodrigo Ramis-Moyano, Graham Smith, Ernesto Ganuza, and Thamy Pogrebinschi in the Journal of Deliberative Democracy brings clarity. Turns out that the 'deliberative wave' (at least in Europe - the authors didn't consider the full OECD database for reasons of comparability) hasn't been driven by one political leaning more than another. This doesn't surprise me. Citizens' assemblies go beyond traditional left-right, partisan politics. Elected officials across political parties have seen the benefit of these democratic institutions for bringing people together across divides to solve collective problems. #DelibWave #CitizensAssemblies #Democracy #Innovation #Sortition #Deliberation
We hope this helps scholars evaluate #DemocraticInnovations more rigorously across contexts.
📊 Comparative-ready
🔍 Conceptually grounded
🧠 Methodologically flexible
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<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d4824199e63">Deliberative democratic theorists and practitioners have increasingly taken constitution-making as an object of study and a target for action. Yet they most often lack a comprehensive picture of the variety of, and narratives about, constitutional deliberative events. I therefore undertake a systematic inventory of what I call the manifestations and trajectories of deliberative constitution-making. First, I conduct a literature review to defend my claim that deliberative constitutionalists have not yet provided an adequate event-typology. I also identify three institutional design features – connectivity, complementarity, cyclicality – to which event organizers should be particularly sensitive. Second, I explain my methodology and case-selection from the ConstDelib country reports and identify three variables which track the similarities and differences in constitutional deliberative events: the sequencing of the event in a constitution-making timeline; the anticipated event output; whether constitution-making actors have a duty of response to the output. Third, I explain how the interaction between these variables yields four manifestations of constitutional deliberative events: depending on the convener, these may manifest as “inside” or “outside” versions of “constitutional convention”, “quality control”, “value mapping”, or “institutional experiment”. Fourth, I suggest that narratives about a polity’s practice of deliberative constitution-making may be framed in terms of three broad trajectories: quasi-institution; ad hocery; facade. Fifth, I put forward a menu of four general recommendations and four type-specific standards to improve event outcomes and align events and public expectations. All together, these resources contribute to the formation of a critical theory of deliberative constitution-making. </p>
<p>The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) publishes articles that shape the course of scholarship on deliberative democracy. It is the forum for the latest thinking, emerging debates, alternative perspectives, as well as critical views on deliberation. (publ. by University of Westminster Press)</p>
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There isn’t a more critical time to bring together democratic innovators around the world. We are preparing an impact-focused programme that asks difficult questions and reflects the diversity of the field.
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The Democracy R&D Annual Conference is a gathering dedicated to strengthening the global community of practitioners working on deliberative democracy and citizens' assemblies. This conference offers a unique space for practitioners and researchers to connect, share practices, deepen collaboration, and reflect together on the challenges and opportunities of the field. This year, the conference will take place in Brussels on 15–16 October 2025 and will be shaped around the theme “Crossroads”. As deliberative practice spreads and evolves, this theme invites us to reflect on where we are heading, what values guide us, and how we navigate the tensions and possibilities that lie ahead. Please note that this is a members-only conference. Limited space is reserved for potential new members interested to discover the network and practitioners working in the field. If you are not a member, we expect that you are referenced by at least one Democracy R&D member and demonstrate your work in democratic innovations, deliberative democracy and/or citizen's assemblies. There will be a pre and post programme open to non-members on October 14 and 17. Conference ticket: - Member: 400€ (incl. 21% VAT) - Non-member: 450€ (incl. 21% VAT) Participants per member organisation is limited to two. We review registrations on a rolling basis. If you are a member, we will reach out within 2 weeks to confirm your participation before issuing your invoice. Once we receive your confirmation, we will issue your invoice. This invoice must be paid within 30 days. If you are not a member, we will reply to you individually to confirm your registration and follow the same invoicing process. Cancellation policy: - Before June 30th: Total refund. - Before August 31st: 50% refund. - After September 1st: No refund. For more information, please visit: www.drd2025.org
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