Rights, Mini-Publics, and Judicial Review
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DOI: 10.1017/apa.2021.51
Abstract: Landmark Supreme Court rulings determine American law by adjudicating among competing reasonable interpretations of basic political rights. Jeremy Waldron argues that this practice is democratically illegitimate because what determines the content of basic rights is… read more here.
Keywords: judicial review; publics judicial; review; mini publics ... See more keywords
Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design
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DOI: 10.1017/s1755773925100167
Abstract: In the last decades deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) have gained significant attention as tools to reform and complement representative democracies, with many governments adopting them. Political representatives, though cautious about power dynamics, seem moderately supportive of… read more here.
Keywords: publics favour; mini publics; european experiment; mini ... See more keywords
The POLITICIZE dataset: an inventory of deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) in Europe
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DOI: 10.1057/s41304-020-00284-9
Abstract: This note introduces the POLITICIZE dataset which contains information on the characteristics of 105 Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) that took place in Europe between 2000 and 2020. Based on coding of experts regarding cases of real-life… read more here.
Keywords: publics dmps; deliberative mini; politicize dataset; dataset ... See more keywords
How do Mini-publics Affect Public Policy? Disentangling the Influences of a Mini-public on Public Policy Using the Sequential Impact Matrix Framework
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DOI: 10.1080/00344893.2020.1862901
Abstract: Several studies have investigated the impact of mini-publics on public policy. These works do not however integrate the fact that decision-makers have preferences before a minipublic, and that thes... read more here.
Keywords: public policy; policy; publics affect; mini publics ... See more keywords
Deliberative mini-publics as learning schools for democracy? Examining deliberation impact on dissatisfied and radical participants of a citizens’ assembly in Poland
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2024.2422508
Abstract: ABSTRACT In a global context of democratic challenges such as dissatisfaction and social polarization, research on Western European democracies suggests that deliberative democracy instruments like deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) may provide a solution with their positive… read more here.
Keywords: democracy; radical participants; deliberation; mini publics ... See more keywords
Citizens’ preferences and the future of Europe: a case for the ‘five scenarios’ as deliberative entry-points in mini-publics
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DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2024.2348148
Abstract: ABSTRACT Mini publics have become cornerstones of the European Union’s Future of Europe (FoE) initiative. However, weaknesses in their designs bring their political influence into question. Often-unsystematic in design, they fail to strengthen participants' understandings… read more here.
Keywords: future europe; citizens preferences; mini publics; entry points ... See more keywords
Do the origins of climate assemblies shape public reactions? Examining the impact of partisanship
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DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12743
Abstract: Governments around the world are experimenting with deliberative mini‐publics as a means of integrating public input into policymaking processes, including as a method for directly creating policy. This raises the important question of when ordinary… read more here.
Keywords: partisanship; origins climate; mini publics; assemblies shape ... See more keywords
Strengthen governability rather than deepen democracy: why local governments introduce participatory governance
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DOI: 10.1177/0020852318801508
Abstract: Innovations in participatory governance have been widely discussed but their introduction as such is rarely examined. This article seeks to understand why, in a context of established democracy, local authorities engage in participatory governance. Using… read more here.
Keywords: participatory governance; governability; governance; mini publics ... See more keywords
Politics at a distance: Infrastructuring knowledge flows for democratic innovation.
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DOI: 10.1177/03063127211033990
Abstract: We study efforts at promoting deliberative mini-publics as a model of democracy. Our focus is on practices supporting the circulation of know-how for doing mini-publics. In this paper we center on the building of infrastructures… read more here.
Keywords: knowledge; distance; innovation; democratic innovation ... See more keywords
Deliberative mini-publics as a Confucian institution
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DOI: 10.1177/09520767241247989
Abstract: This article constructs a positive case for deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) from the perspective of contemporary Confucian political philosophy. Extant empirical and normative studies of DMPs have treated them primarily as a concrete way to instantiate… read more here.
Keywords: confucian institution; mini publics; confucian political; deliberative mini ... See more keywords
Making policy information relevant to citizens: a model of deliberative mini-publics, applied to the Citizens’ Initiative Review
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DOI: 10.1332/030557317x15072086904223
Abstract: Research on deliberative mini-publics has neglected two topics: the information on which deliberation is based, and communication techniques by which mini-publics convey their findings to the public. This article sheds light on those two topics,… read more here.
Keywords: information; citizens initiative; deliberative mini; mini publics ... See more keywords