Are deliberative minipublics acceptable democratic shortcuts in building a participatory deliberative democracy?

Global citizens’ assemblies can democratise global governance. But how these assemblies are convened needs to be democratised too. 

Do deliberative democrats make good jurors? Sonia Bussu reflects on her experience as a foreperson in a London jury.

Are we witnessing the rise of a participatory society in Japan? Ayano Takeuchi sends a dispatch from Tokyo.