Empowering public wisdom
Subtitle: a practical vision of citizen-led politics
By: Tom Atlee
Publisher: Evolver Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781583945001
Subjects: Citizen participation; Political planning; Deliberative democracy; Direct democracy; Political participation; Decision making
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Manifesto: a call to establish a legitimate, wise, powerful collective voice of the people; title: Democracy is about power and the people; title: Direct democracy, representative democracy, and their shadows; title: Why we need public wisdom; title: Public wisdom: its role, its sources and its limitations; title: Citizenship and the random selection of ad hoc mini publics; title: Citizen deliberative councils: their character, variety and history; title: How citizen deliberative councils could and should be used; title: Public empowerment, public engagement, and the role of journalism; title: Polarization, transpartisanship, and public wisdom; title: Wisdom councils in 100 cities; with study circles, world cafes, and open space to engage the public with the results; title: Deliberation for direct democracy; title: Empowered public wisdom rising from the grassroots; title: A new branch of government?; title: Protecting the power and integrity of public wisdom; title: What role will you play?; title: Appendices; title: An annotated list of powerful participatory processes, with links; title: Some areas for research and development.