Democracy in motion
Subtitle: evaluating the practice and impact of deliberative civic engagement
By: edited by John Gastil ... [et al.].
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780199899265; 9780199899289
Subjects: Deliberative democracy; Decision making; Political planning; Citizen participation; Political participation
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to deliberative civic engagement / Tina Nabatchi; title: Mapping deliberative civic engagement / Matt Leighninger; title: Who deliberates? recruitment and participation in deliberative civic engagement / David Ryfe and Brittany Stalsburg; title: How people communicate during deliberative events / Laura Black; title: Deliberative inclusion in multicultural societies / Alice Siu and Dragan M. Stanisevski; title: Online deliberation design: choices, criteria, and evidence / Todd Davies and Reid Chandler; title: Does deliberation make better citizens? / Heather Pincock; title: Deliberation's contribution to community capacity-building / Bo I. Kinney; title: Assessing the policy impacts of deliberative civic engagement / Gregory Barrett ... [et al.]; title: Evaluating deliberative public events and projects / John Gastil, Katie Knobloch, and Meghan B. Kelly; title: Listening and responding to critics of deliberative civic engagement / Loren Collingwood and Justin Reedy; title: Advancing the theory and practice of deliberative civic engagement / Michael Weiksner ... [et al.].