Title: Democracy in motion : evaluating the practice and impact of deliberative civic engagement /
Authors: Nabatchi, Tina.; Tina Nabatdni.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Political participation; Deliberative democracy.; Decision making Citizen participation.; Political planning Citizen participation.
Abstract: This title uses theory, research, and practice to comprehensively explore what we know, how we know it, and what remains to be understood about deliberative civic engagement. The book is useful to scholars, practitioners, public officials activists, and citizens who seek to utilize deliberative civic engagement in their communities.
Contents: Introduction to deliberative civic engagement / Tina Nabatchi -- Mapping deliberative civic engagement / Matt Leighninger -- Who deliberates? recruitment and participation in deliberative civic engagement / David Ryfe and Brittany Stalsburg -- How people communicate during deliberative events / Laura Black -- Deliberative inclusion in multicultural societies / Alice Siu and Dragan M. Stanisevski -- Online deliberation design: choices, criteria, and evidence / Todd Davies and Reid Chandler -- Does deliberation make better citizens? / Heather Pincock -- Deliberation's contribution to community capacity-building / Bo I. Kinney -- Assessing the policy impacts of deliberative civic engagement / Gregory Barrett ... [et al.] -- Evaluating deliberative public events and projects / John Gastil, Katie Knobloch, and Meghan B. Kelly -- Listening and responding to critics of deliberative civic engagement / Loren Collingwood and Justin Reedy -- Advancing the theory and practice of deliberative civic engagement / Michael Weiksner ... [et al.].