Abstract
In this reflective piece, Sandy Heierbacher, Director of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD), outlines some of the trends she has been noticing from her unique vantage point in the rapidly growing and innovating field of deliberative democracy. Heierbacher reflects on ways this field, centered around practices designed to engage citizens in the decisions and issues that effect their lives, is changing its relationship with government, becoming more receptive to online tools for engagement, shifting its attention back to local efforts, focusing attention on building infrastructure, and increasingly relying on collaboration to achieve its goals.
Keywords
civic infrastructure, collaboration, public engagement, field building, movement building, deliberative democracy, deliberation, dialogue
How to Cite
Heierbacher S., (2014) “The Next Generation of Our Work”, Journal of Public Deliberation 10(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16997/jdd.188
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