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Drowning out the margins: political citizenry and socio-economic status

Shifting patterns of political participation could be amplifying inequalities that hurt democracy, finds Russell Dalton’s ‘The Participation Gap’.

Sally Hussey

2 years ago

Youth-led mental health agenda in Oldham, Manchester

Young people in Oldham, Greater Manchester, identify top areas of focus for mental health care in the pilot, MH:2K project.

Sally Hussey

2 years ago

Public deliberation in waste management

Public deliberation in waste management should address technological and social contexts in decision-making, finds a recent review in the UK.

Sally Hussey

2 years ago

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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

2 years ago

Healthy skepticism - deliberation in elementary classrooms

‘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

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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.