Public deliberation vital to bioethics in ‘sound-bite’ democracy
Public deliberation is vital to negotiating ethical challenges in recent developments in biomedical technologies and health care in the US.
Sally Hussey
1 year ago
‘Healthy skepticism’: democracy, deliberation in elementary classrooms
Fourth-grade students demonstrate a ‘healthy skepticism for authority’ in simulations of participatory deliberations find researchers at Texas University.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Beyond ‘participation mechanisms’: local government quality management
Nirmala Dorasamy illustrates how citizen participation and inclusive representation provides local governments crucial feedback to improve service delivery.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Integrating consumer engagement in medical research
Consumer engagement is still developing in medical research. However, a new framework at South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute aligns community and research priorities, a recent article finds.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Deliberative technology: creating a lens for deliberation
Growing uses of deliberation as a mode of governance calls for ways to observe its success. ‘Deliberative technology’ offers a lens to ensure this process.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Community deliberation houses homeless shelter in Missoula, Montana
Local opposition to the re-siting of the Poverello Center homeless shelter in Missoula, Montana, prompted a city-wide community deliberation mediated by the Missoula chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Seen and heard: children as agents of democracy
Kei Nishiyama challenges the idea of children as passive citizens-in-the-making and calls for their recognition as vital agents of democracy.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Report taps into water management programs in Ireland and UK
Mounting pressure on water resources demands a collaborative, integrated approach to water management in Ireland and the UK, report urges.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Community collective doesn’t sugar coat health impacts
Community initiatives tackle obesity and alcohol harm in San Francisco’s most vulnerable communities.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Mind the (gender) gap: is online political participation democratic?
With women making up roughly half the population, a democracy failing to represent their interests in an equitable way cannot be considered a full democracy, writes Sabrina Schöttle in ‘The Gender-Gap in Political Online-Participation–New Chances and New Challenges for Social Equality’.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
‘Municipal burglary’ challenges local democracy in UK
Peter Latham calls for remaking local government in light of UK Conservative Government’s devolution agenda in his book, Who stole the town hall?: the end of local government as we know it.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
Participatory mapping activates community mobility
The Street Mobility & Network Accessibility project, University College of London, maps transport infrastructure barriers to community mobility.
Sally Hussey
2 years ago
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