by Matt Ryan, Lucy J. Parry, Antonin Lacelle-Webster and Friedel Marquardt | May 2, 2022 | Dispatch
Risks and lessons from the deliberative wave In the first of a two-part series, deliberative democracy advocates examine the political risks and emerging lessons from the so-called ‘deliberative wave.’ The Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the...
by Linus Strothman and Dan Durrant | Apr 26, 2022 | Dispatch
Putting faith in randomness and personal contact In this conversation, Dan Durrant invites Linus Strothman to explain the power of combining random selection and personal outreach in recruiting participants for deliberative minipublics. Dan: For readers who don’t...
by Andrés Falck, Daniel Schugurensky, Patricia García-Leiva and Nikhil Kumar | Nov 1, 2021 | Dispatch
How Participatory Budgeting Can Support Education and Learning In this dispatch, we examine participatory budgeting’s potential to develop participants’ civic knowledge, skills and attitudes, as well as the conditions that make these impacts possible, based on...
by Carolin Hagelskamp, Celina Su and Nikhil Kumar | Oct 18, 2021 | Dispatch
How Participatory Budgeting Can Strengthen Civil Society & Political Participation In this Dispatch, we present evidence from over 10 countries on participatory budgeting’s achievements in boosting civic engagement and political participation, especially among...
by Brian Wampler, Michael Touchton and Nikhil Kumar | Oct 11, 2021 | Dispatch
How Participatory Budgeting Can Improve Governance and Well-Being When designed well and implemented in favourable contexts, participatory budgeting has a track record of improving local governance and, ultimately, community well-being. In this dispatch, we share some...
by Carolin Hagelskamp, Josh Lerner and Nikhil Kumar | Oct 4, 2021 | Dispatch
Introducing a Global Theory of Change for Participatory Budgeting Participatory budgeting has been widely celebrated around the world, but its impacts have been uneven. In this Dispatch, we explain a new global theory of change that demonstrates how participatory...
