RC Richards

@rrichard09
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I study deliberative democracy, participatory governance, democratic theory, and political communication. Opinions are mine, not those of my employer or affiliated organizations. PhD, JD.
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RC RichardsFeb 1, 2024
Robert Tsai Feb 1, 2024
I’m pleased to announce the first book launch event for DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE. Please join ACLU President & New York University School of Law Professor Deborah Archer and me at Fordham University School of Law on Mar. 11 to discuss the legacy of Steve Bright and the Southern Center for Human Rights. A book signing will follow. The event is sponsored by Fordham’s Center on Race, Law and Justice. Hope to see you there! Register here: http://bit.ly/47LenOz
The Center on Race, Law and Justice presents: Demand the Impossible: A Conversation Between Author Robert Tsai and ACLU President Deborah Archer

Monday, March 11, 2024 | 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. In-person and on Zoom Fordham Law School Bateman Room, Second Floor 150 West 62nd Street New York, NY 10023 REGISTRATION FORM

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RC RichardsJan 30, 2024
recent from Janet Harris, Chul Hyun Park, other colleagues, and me in the National Civic Review: "Connecting Citizen Voices to the Policy Process: the Rockefeller Ethic", describing the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute's distinctive public-engagement method, in which citizens deliberate with public officials to address challenging public problems
#demopart #democracy #participation #deliberation #civicengagement
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48749307
RC RichardsJan 24, 2024
recent from John Gastil, colleagues, and me: Deliberative panels as a source of public knowledge: A large-sample test of the Citizens’ Initiative Review
#demopart #participation #deliberation #democracy #misinformation
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288188
Deliberative panels as a source of public knowledge: A large-sample test of the Citizens’ Initiative Review

Evolving US media and political systems, coupled with escalating misinformation campaigns, have left the public divided over objective facts featured in policy debates. The public also has lost much of its confidence in the institutions designed to adjudicate those epistemic debates. To counter this threat, civic entrepreneurs have devised institutional reforms to revitalize democratic policymaking. One promising intervention is the Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR), which has been adopted into law in Oregon and tested in several other states, as well as Switzerland and Finland. Each CIR gathers a demographically stratified random sample of registered voters to form a deliberative panel, which hears from pro and con advocates and neutral experts while assessing the merits of a ballot measure. After four-to-five days of deliberation, each CIR writes an issue guide for voters that identifies key factual findings, along with the most important pro and con arguments. This study pools the results of survey experiments conducted on thirteen CIRs held from 2010 to 2018, resulting in a dataset that includes 67,120 knowledge scores collected from 10,872 registered voters exposed to 82 empirical claims. Analysis shows that reading the CIR guide had a positive effect on voters’ policy knowledge, with stronger effects for those holding greater faith in deliberation. We found little evidence of directional motivated reasoning but some evidence that reading the CIR statement can spark an accuracy motivation. Overall, the main results show how trust in peer deliberation provides one path out of the maze of misinformation shaping voter decisions during elections.

RC RichardsJan 17, 2024
recent from Chul Hyun Park, Nichola Driver, Penny Ward, and me in Journal of Public Health: The effects of CenteringPregnancy on maternal and infant health outcomes: A moderation analysis.
#prenatalcare
https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad146
The effects of CenteringPregnancy on maternal and infant health outcomes: a moderation analysis

AbstractBackground. CenteringPregnancy (CP) has been expected to produce beneficial outcomes for women and their infants. However, previous studies paid little

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RC RichardsJan 17, 2024
new from Dahlia Scheindlin: Analysis: Is the World Serious About Solving the Israel-Palestine Conflict? We'd Better Hope So
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-16/ty-article/.premium/is-the-world-serious-about-solving-the-israel-palestine-conflict-wed-better-hope-so/0000018d-1345-d260-aded-b7ed9aa70000
RC RichardsJan 4, 2024
new from Janet Harris, Chul Hyun Park, other colleagues, and me: Connecting Citizen Voices to the Policy Process: the Rockefeller Ethic
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48749307
RC RichardsJan 4, 2024
recent from John Gastil, other colleagues, and me: Deliberative panels as a source of public knowledge: A large-sample test of the Citizens’ Initiative Review
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288188
Deliberative panels as a source of public knowledge: A large-sample test of the Citizens’ Initiative Review

Evolving US media and political systems, coupled with escalating misinformation campaigns, have left the public divided over objective facts featured in policy debates. The public also has lost much of its confidence in the institutions designed to adjudicate those epistemic debates. To counter this threat, civic entrepreneurs have devised institutional reforms to revitalize democratic policymaking. One promising intervention is the Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR), which has been adopted into law in Oregon and tested in several other states, as well as Switzerland and Finland. Each CIR gathers a demographically stratified random sample of registered voters to form a deliberative panel, which hears from pro and con advocates and neutral experts while assessing the merits of a ballot measure. After four-to-five days of deliberation, each CIR writes an issue guide for voters that identifies key factual findings, along with the most important pro and con arguments. This study pools the results of survey experiments conducted on thirteen CIRs held from 2010 to 2018, resulting in a dataset that includes 67,120 knowledge scores collected from 10,872 registered voters exposed to 82 empirical claims. Analysis shows that reading the CIR guide had a positive effect on voters’ policy knowledge, with stronger effects for those holding greater faith in deliberation. We found little evidence of directional motivated reasoning but some evidence that reading the CIR statement can spark an accuracy motivation. Overall, the main results show how trust in peer deliberation provides one path out of the maze of misinformation shaping voter decisions during elections.

RC RichardsDec 27, 2023
Israel, Palestine, War, and Democracy: Analysis and Conversation with Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT1abuZERFY
Israel, Palestine, War, and Democracy: Analysis and Conversation with Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin

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RC RichardsDec 27, 2023
Zaha Hassan: For Palestinians, the “Day After” Starts With a Plan for Ending Israel’s Occupation
https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/12/22/for-palestinians-day-after-starts-with-plan-for-ending-israel-s-occupation-pub-91318
RC RichardsDec 27, 2023
Yossi Klein Halevi: What’s Next: The Future of Liberal Zionism: The 18Forty Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yossi-klein-halevi-whats-next-the-future-of-liberal-zionism/id1509495701?i=1000639710559
‎18Forty Podcast: Yossi Klein Halevi: What’s Next: The Future of Liberal Zionism on Apple Podcasts

‎Show 18Forty Podcast, Ep Yossi Klein Halevi: What’s Next: The Future of Liberal Zionism - Dec 26, 2023

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