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Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions CATCHING THE DELIBERATIVE WAVE HIGHLIGHTS 2020
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Page 1: Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions...Deliberative Democracy Handbook (2005) argues that “deliberative democracy strengthens citizen voices in governance

Innovative Citizen Participation and

New Democratic Institutions

CATCHING THE DELIBERATIVE WAVE

HIGHLIGHTS

2020

Page 2: Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions...Deliberative Democracy Handbook (2005) argues that “deliberative democracy strengthens citizen voices in governance

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LE 1

. K

EY

DIF

FER

EN

CES B

ETW

EEN

DELI

BER

ATI

VE A

ND

PA

RTI

CIP

ATO

RY

DEM

OC

RA

CY

KEY

TER

MS

In a

naly

sin

g t

he e

vid

en

ce c

olle

cted

on

delib

era

tive p

roce

sses

acr

oss

co

un

trie

s, t

hre

e c

ore

de

featu

res

were

reveale

d a

s b

ein

g o

f ke

y im

po

rtan

ce, a f

act

als

o r

efl

ect

ed

in

th

e w

ork

of

a n

um

ber

osc

ho

lars

in

th

e f

ield

. Th

ese

were

th

us

the t

hre

e c

rite

ria r

eq

uir

ed

to

be in

clu

ded

in

th

is s

tud

y:

THR

EE C

RIT

ER

IA F

OR

IN

CLU

SIO

N IN

TH

E S

TUD

Y

1.

De

lib

era

tio

n, w

hic

h invo

lves

weig

hin

g c

are

fully

dif

fere

nt

op

tio

ns,

acc

ess

to

acc

ura

tan

d d

ivers

e in

form

ati

on

, an

d p

art

icip

an

ts f

ind

ing c

om

mo

n g

rou

nd

to

reach

a g

rou

p d

eci

sio

n;

2.

Re

pre

sen

tati

ve

ne

ss, ach

ieved

th

rou

gh

ran

do

m s

am

plin

g f

rom

wh

ich

a r

ep

rese

nta

tiv

is m

ad

e t

o e

nsu

re t

he g

rou

p b

road

ly m

atc

hes

the d

em

ogra

ph

ic p

rofi

le o

f th

e c

om

mu

nit

y a

cen

sus

or

oth

er

sim

ilar

data

, an

d

3.

Imp

act,

mean

ing d

eci

sio

n m

ake

rs a

gre

e t

o r

esp

on

d t

o a

nd

act

on

reco

mm

en

dati

on

s

Nu

mb

er

of

pa

rtic

ipa

nts

Typ

e o

f p

art

icip

atio

nP

art

icip

an

t se

lec

tio

n m

eth

od

De

libe

rativ

e

de

mo

cra

cy

Pa

rtic

ipa

tory

de

mo

cra

cy

Re

lativ

ely

sm

all

(bu

t

rep

rese

nta

tiv

e)

gro

up

s o

f

peop

le, a

s it i

s diffi

cult

to

ha

ve

de

ep

de

lib

era

tio

n

am

on

g la

rge

nu

mb

ers

.

Larg

e n

um

be

rs o

f p

eo

ple

,

ide

ally

ev

ery

on

e a

ffe

cte

d

by a

pa

rtic

ula

r d

ec

isio

n.

The

aim

is t

o a

ch

iev

e

bre

ad

th.

De

lib

era

tio

n,

wh

ich

req

uire

s th

at

pa

rtic

ipa

nts

are

we

ll-in

form

ed

ab

ou

t

a t

op

ic a

nd

co

nsi

de

r

diffe

ren

t p

ers

pe

ctiv

es

in

ord

er

to a

rriv

e a

t a

pu

blic

jud

ge

me

nt

(no

t o

pin

ion

)

ab

ou

t “w

ha

t c

an

we

stro

ng

ly a

gre

e o

n?

Mo

re p

art

icip

atio

n,

in a

ll

asp

ec

ts o

f p

olit

ics,

fro

m

all

citiz

en

s w

ho

ch

oo

se t

o

be

inv

olv

ed

; a

n e

mb

rac

e

an

d e

nc

ou

rag

em

en

t o

f a

div

ers

ity o

f o

pp

ort

un

itie

s

for

po

litic

al e

ng

ag

em

en

t.

Typ

ica

lly,

a c

ivic

lott

ery

,

wh

ich

co

mb

ine

s ra

nd

om

sele

ctio

n w

ith st

ratifi

catio

n,

to a

sse

mb

le a

pu

blic

bo

dy

tha

t is

re

pre

sen

tativ

e o

f th

e

pu

blic

; a

ble

to

co

nsi

de

r

pe

rsp

ec

tiv

es,

an

d n

ot

vu

lne

rab

le t

o b

ein

g s

tac

ke

d

by r

ep

rese

nta

tiv

es

of

po

we

rfu

l in

tere

st g

rou

ps.

Se

lf-s

ele

cte

d p

art

icip

atio

n

in o

rde

r to

en

ab

le a

s m

an

y

pe

op

le a

s p

oss

ible

to

sh

are

the

exp

erie

nc

e.

Sou

rce

: Ta

ble

is a

uth

or’

s o

wn

cre

atio

n,

ba

sed

on

de

scrip

tio

ns

in C

ars

on

an

d E

lstu

b (

20

19

).

ep

rese

nta

tiv

e

oce

sse

s a

re o

ften

o

in

sh

ort

han

d a

s d

elib

era

tive

, an

d t

he t

erm

is

use

d

eab

ly w

ith

delib

era

tive

fers

to

a r

an

do

mly

f

peo

ple

wh

o a

re

en

tati

ve o

f a c

om

mu

nit

y

nif

ican

t ti

me learn

ing

g t

hro

ugh

faci

litate

d

orm

co

llect

ive

om

men

dati

on

s fo

r p

olic

y m

ake

rs.

e i

nst

itu

tio

ns r

efe

r to

en

delib

era

tio

n t

hat

have

been

em

bed

ded

in

pu

blic

deci

sio

n-

ed

ure

s th

rou

gh

legal

fers

to

pu

blic

as

op

po

sed

to

in

tern

al

) an

d t

o g

rou

p d

elib

era

tio

n

o in

div

idu

al d

elib

era

tio

n),

wh

ich

em

ph

asi

ses

the n

eed

to

fin

d

com

mo

n g

rou

nd

.

Ra

nd

om

se

lecti

on

is

use

d a

s a

sho

rth

an

d t

o r

efe

r to

recr

uit

men

t p

roce

sses

that

invo

lve r

an

do

m s

am

plin

g

fro

m w

hic

h a

rep

rese

nta

tive s

ele

ctio

n is

mad

e t

o e

nsu

re t

hat

the g

rou

p b

road

ly

matc

hes

the d

em

ogra

ph

ic p

rofi

le o

f th

e

com

mu

nit

y (

base

d o

n c

en

sus

or

oth

er

sim

ilar

data

).

Fin

ally

, th

e r

ep

ort

make

s fr

eq

uen

t re

fere

nce

s to

cit

ize

ns. Th

e t

erm

is

mean

t in

th

e larg

er

sen

se o

f ‘a

n in

hab

itan

t of

a p

art

icu

lar

pla

ce’,

wh

ich

can

be

in r

efe

ren

ce t

o a

vill

age, to

wn

, ci

ty,

regio

n, st

ate

, o

r co

un

try d

ep

en

din

g o

n

the c

on

text.

Wh

en

th

e w

ord

cit

izen

is

em

plo

yed

, it

is

not

mean

t in

th

e m

ore

re

stri

ctiv

e s

en

se o

f ‘a

legally

reco

gn

ised

n

ati

on

al of

a s

tate

’, an

d is

thu

s u

sed

in

terc

han

geab

ly w

ith

‘p

eo

ple

’.

DELI

BER

ATI

VE A

ND

PA

RTI

CIP

ATO

RY

DEM

OC

RA

CY

De

lib

era

tiv

e d

em

oc

rac

y is

the

wid

er

po

litic

al t

he

ory

th

at

cla

ims

tha

t p

olit

ica

l

de

cis

ion

s sh

ou

ld b

e a

re

sult o

f fa

ir a

nd

re

aso

na

ble

dis

cu

ssio

n a

mo

ng

citiz

en

s.

Ga

stil

an

d L

ev

ine

’s D

elib

era

tiv

e D

em

oc

rac

y H

an

db

oo

k (

20

05

) a

rgu

es

tha

t

“d

elib

era

tiv

e d

em

oc

rac

y s

tre

ng

the

ns

citiz

en

vo

ice

s in

go

ve

rna

nc

e b

y

inc

lud

ing

pe

op

le o

f a

ll ra

ce

s, c

lass

es,

ag

es

an

d g

eo

gra

ph

ies

in d

elib

era

tio

ns

tha

t d

ire

ctly a

ffe

ct

pu

blic

de

cis

ion

s”.

The

th

eo

ry g

ain

ed

tra

ctio

n in

ac

ad

em

ic

lite

ratu

re in

th

e 1

98

0s

(e.g

. M

an

sbrid

ge

, 1

98

0;

Ha

be

rma

s, 1

98

1).

Pa

rtic

ipa

tory

de

mo

cra

cy

ha

s a

slig

htly lo

ng

er

his

tory

, g

ain

ing

gro

un

d w

ith

the

ac

tiv

ist

mo

ve

me

nts

of

the

19

60

s th

at

de

ma

nd

ed

gre

ate

r p

art

icip

atio

n in

go

ve

rnm

en

t d

ec

isio

n m

akin

g (

e.g

. c

ivil

rig

hts

, w

om

en

’s li

be

ratio

n m

ov

em

en

ts,

see

Pa

tem

an

, 1

97

0).

A c

en

tra

l te

ne

t to

late

r w

ork

on

pa

rtic

ipa

tory

de

mo

cra

cy

is t

ha

t it m

ust

inc

rea

se t

he

ca

pa

citie

s o

f c

itiz

en

s to

pa

rtic

ipa

te,

wh

ich

ne

ce

ssita

tes

refo

rm o

f d

em

oc

ratic

inst

itu

tio

ns

to m

ake

pa

rtic

ipa

tio

n m

ore

me

an

ing

ful (

Pa

tem

an

, 2

01

2).

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Help

co

un

tera

ct p

ola

risa

tio

n a

nd

dis

info

rmati

on

. Em

pir

ical re

searc

h h

as

sho

that

“co

mm

un

icati

ve e

cho

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bers

th

at

inte

nsi

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ura

l co

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itio

n, id

en

tity

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irm

ati

on

, an

d p

ola

risa

tio

n d

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ot

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era

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era

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on

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gro

up

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part

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20

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e G

rön

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lso

evid

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delib

era

tio

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be a

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ffect

ive w

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eth

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ligio

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logic

al d

ivis

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etw

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gro

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s th

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have h

isto

rica

lly f

their

id

en

tity

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reje

ctin

g t

hat

of

the o

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(Ugari

zza e

t al.,

20

14

).

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EN

AN

D W

HEN

NO

T TO

USE R

EP

RESEN

TATI

VE

DELI

BER

ATI

VE P

RO

CESSES

Many p

ub

lic p

olic

y iss

ues

are

dif

ficu

lt d

eci

sio

ns

to t

ake

, as

their

ben

efi

ts a

re o

ften

on

ly r

lon

g t

erm

, w

hile

th

e c

ost

s are

in

curr

ed

in

th

e s

ho

rt t

erm

. D

elib

era

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roce

sses

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to

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san

d s

pen

din

g o

n s

uch

iss

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as

they a

re d

esi

gn

ed

in

a w

ay t

hat

rem

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the m

oti

vate

d in

tp

olit

ical p

art

ies

an

d e

lect

ion

s, in

cen

tivis

ing p

art

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an

ts t

o a

ct in

th

e in

tere

sts

of

the p

ub

lic

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win

g o

n t

he e

vid

en

ce c

olle

cted

an

d e

xis

tin

g s

cho

lars

hip

, d

elib

era

tive p

roce

sses

have b

een

sh

ow

ork

well

for

the f

ollo

win

g t

yp

es

of

pro

ble

ms:

Many p

ub

lic p

olic

y q

uest

ion

s are

valu

es-

dri

ven

. R

ep

rese

nta

tive d

elib

era

tive

pro

cess

es

are

desi

gn

ed

in

a w

ay t

hat

en

cou

rages

act

ive lis

ten

ing, cr

itic

al

thin

kin

g, an

d r

esp

ect

betw

een

p

art

icip

an

ts. Th

ey c

reate

an

envir

on

men

t in

wh

ich

dis

cuss

ing d

iffi

cult

eth

ical

qu

est

ion

s th

at

have n

o e

vid

en

t o

r ‘r

igh

t’

solu

tio

ns

can

hap

pen

in

a c

ivil

way,

an

d

can

en

ab

le p

art

icip

an

ts t

o f

ind

co

mm

on

gro

un

d.

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lue

s-d

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en

dil

em

ma

s

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ever, d

elib

era

tive p

roce

sses

are

not

a p

an

ace

a; th

ey d

o n

ot

ad

dre

ss a

ll of

the d

em

ocr

govern

an

ce p

rob

lem

s o

utl

ined

in

th

is in

tro

du

ctio

n. D

em

ocr

ati

c so

cieti

es

face

a w

ide s

et

ow

hic

h r

eq

uir

e d

iffe

ren

t m

eth

od

s of

reso

luti

on

or

part

icip

ati

on

. Fo

r exam

ple

, d

elib

era

tiv

not

suff

icie

nt

to a

dd

ress

th

e p

rob

lem

s of

po

litic

al in

clu

sio

n a

nd

co

llect

ive d

eci

sio

n m

akin

is b

ett

er

sati

sfie

d t

hro

ugh

po

litic

al eq

ualit

y in

th

e f

orm

of

un

ivers

al su

ffra

ge, an

d v

oti

nb

road

er

part

icip

ati

on

in

deci

sio

n m

akin

g (

tho

ugh

oft

en

su

ffers

fro

m v

ote

rs h

avin

g low

in

fN

or

are

delib

era

tive p

roce

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well-

suit

ed

fo

r u

rgen

t d

eci

sio

ns,

pro

ble

ms

in t

he late

sta

Rep

rese

nta

tive d

elib

era

tiv

desi

gn

ed

to

pro

vid

e p

art

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learn

, re

flect

, an

d d

elib

era

teto

a w

ide r

an

ge o

f evid

en

cfr

om

off

icia

ls, aca

dem

ics,

th

ink t

an

kgro

up

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usi

ness

es

an

d o

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desi

gn

ch

ara

cteri

stic

s en

ab

le c

itiz

gra

pp

le w

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th

e c

om

ple

xit

y o

an

d t

o c

on

sid

er

pro

ble

ms

wit

hin

th

eir

le

regu

lato

ry a

nd

/or

bu

dg

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mp

lex

pro

ble

ms t

ha

t re

qu

ir

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ng

-te

rm i

ssu

es t

ha

t g

o b

ey

on

d t

he

sh

ort

-te

rm i

nce

nti

ve

s o

f e

lecto

ral

cy

cle

s

12

Gre

ate

r le

git

imacy

to

make h

ard

cho

ices.

Th

ese

pro

cess

es

help

po

licy

make

rs t

o b

ett

er

un

ders

tan

d p

olic

y

pri

ori

ties,

th

e v

alu

es

an

d r

easo

ns

beh

ind

them

, to

id

en

tify

wh

ere

co

nse

nsu

s is

an

d

is n

ot

feasi

ble

, an

d t

o o

verc

om

e p

olit

ical

dead

lock

.

3 nh

an

ce p

ub

lic

tru

st in

go

vern

men

t an

d

dem

ocr

ati

c in

stit

uti

on

s b

y g

ivin

g c

itiz

en

s

ffect

ive r

ole

in

pu

blic

deci

sio

n m

akin

g.

eo

ple

are

mo

re lik

ely

to

tru

st a

deci

sio

n

that

has

been

in

flu

en

ced

by o

rdin

ary

peo

ple

than

on

e m

ad

e s

ole

ly b

y g

overn

men

t o

r

beh

ind

clo

sed

do

ors

. Tr

ust

als

o w

ork

s tw

o

. Fo

r govern

men

ts t

o e

ngen

der

tru

st

am

on

g t

he p

ub

lic, th

ey m

ust

in

tu

rn t

rust

the p

ub

lic t

o b

e m

ore

dir

ect

ly invo

lved

in

deci

sio

n m

akin

g.

4 Sig

nal ci

vic

resp

ect

an

d

em

po

wer

citi

zen

s. E

ngagin

g

citi

zen

s in

act

ive d

elib

era

tio

n

can

als

o s

tren

gth

en

th

eir

sen

se o

f p

olit

ical eff

icacy

(th

e b

elie

f th

at

on

e c

an

un

ders

tan

d a

nd

in

flu

en

ce

po

litic

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re t

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lders

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po

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tho

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o t

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tern

ati

on

al p

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govern

men

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soci

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Ab

ati

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Carm

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Nic

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Davis

; Yves

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e g

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nit

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nta

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dif

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wp

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part

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part

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th

e v

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s d

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era

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imp

ort

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t to

ack

now

led

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re r

esp

on

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le f

or

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uild

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rust

am

on

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red

ibili

ty o

f th

e p

roce

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8). T

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lay a

cru

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le in

su

pp

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dep

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t an

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t o

m t

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sio

nin

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ub

lic a

uth

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aci

litati

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an

d a

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n a

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fic

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1.

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an

en

t o

r o

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oin

g d

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o in

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g

inst

itu

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nn

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d

pu

blic

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sio

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roce

du

res

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bri

ng

fits

as

on

e-o

ff p

roce

sses,

an

d

es

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oss

ible

to:

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ke

mo

re h

ard

de

cis

ion

s:

Inst

itu

tio

nalis

ing r

ep

rese

nta

tive

delib

era

tive p

roce

sses

can

help

com

mu

nit

ies

ad

dre

ss c

halle

ngin

g

pro

ble

ms

that

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overn

men

t

is n

ot

ab

le t

o s

olv

e o

n its

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n.

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g c

itiz

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ake

s it

easi

er

to id

en

tify

co

mm

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ity

pri

ori

ties

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d o

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d

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a-

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ter-

part

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ab

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iffi

cult

bu

t n

ece

ssary

po

licy d

eci

sio

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itu

tio

nalis

ati

on

in

dif

fere

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ways

an

d a

t d

iffe

ren

t le

vels

of

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men

t th

us

en

ab

les

govern

men

ts t

o t

ake

mo

re h

ard

deci

sio

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tte

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eli

be

rati

ve

pro

cess

es

e e

asil

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nd

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ss e

xp

en

siv

ely

:

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tio

nalis

ati

on

can

make

it

easi

er

to

e-u

sab

le p

roce

sses,

do

cum

en

ts,

act

itio

ner

cap

ab

ility

, etc

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is in

tu

rn

o m

ake

hig

h q

ualit

y d

elib

era

tive

s easi

er

to c

on

du

ct, le

ss e

xp

en

sive,

ect

ive, an

d less

vu

lnera

ble

to

loss

of

t as

new

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men

ts t

ake

pow

er. It

s th

em

qu

icke

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org

an

ise a

s is

sues

, as

start

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tim

e c

an

be r

ed

uce

d.

titu

tio

nalis

ati

on

can

als

o im

pro

ve p

ract

ice

co

llect

ive learn

ing a

nd

makin

g it

xp

eri

men

t, e

valu

ate

, an

d im

pro

ve

er

tim

e.

3e

pu

bli

c t

rust

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ub

lic p

art

icip

ati

on

op

po

rtu

nit

ies,

in

clu

din

g d

elib

era

tive

, h

ave p

rolif

era

ted

over

the p

ast

few

deca

des,

bu

t it

is

dif

ficu

lt t

o s

ay

y h

ave h

ad

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osi

tive im

pact

on

overa

ll le

vels

of

tru

st in

govern

men

t,

po

litic

ian

s an

d p

olic

y m

ake

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likely

part

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ked

to

th

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ne-o

ff, ad

ho

c n

atu

re

art

icip

ati

on

exerc

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lim

itati

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cit

izen

ati

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to

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pu

blic

tru

st in

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men

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op

en

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ore

tun

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r m

ore

peo

ple

to

get

clo

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to t

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an

ce a

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to

garn

er

ath

y f

or

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om

ple

xit

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f p

ub

lic d

eci

sio

n m

akin

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stit

uti

on

alis

ati

on

can

o f

un

dam

en

tally

ch

an

ge t

he r

ela

tio

nsh

ip b

etw

een

pu

blic

au

tho

riti

es

an

d

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nri

ch

de

mo

cra

cy

by

ex

pa

nd

ing

me

an

ing

ful

cit

ize

n p

art

icip

ati

on

:

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ocr

acy

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bein

g g

overn

ed

, b

ut

als

o

govern

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rou

gh

in

stit

uti

on

alis

ati

on

,

mo

re p

eo

ple

can

get

clo

ser

to b

ein

g

part

of

the g

overn

ing p

roce

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do

ing

so, th

ey b

rin

g a

wid

er

div

ers

ity o

f

pers

pect

ives

into

dem

ocr

ati

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eci

sio

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g. G

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men

ts g

o t

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reat

len

gth

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en

sure

po

litic

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ualit

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en

it

com

es

to v

oti

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ele

ctio

ns.

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nd

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am

e logic

to

th

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eri

od

in b

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ele

ctio

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cou

ld m

ean

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r

exam

ple

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avin

g a

go

al fo

r every

on

e t

o

rece

ive a

n invit

ati

on

to

part

icip

ate

in

a d

elib

era

tive p

roce

ss a

t so

me p

oin

t in

their

liv

es.

Str

en

gth

en

th

e c

ivic

ca

pa

cit

y o

Inst

itu

tio

nalis

ati

on

exte

nd

s an

d e

mb

ed

s th

e

pri

vile

ge o

f re

pre

sen

tati

on

am

on

ran

ge o

f p

eo

ple

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e a

ct o

f re

pre

oth

ers

is

itse

lf a

skill

an

d f

orm

o

fitn

ess

th

at

dese

rves

to b

e e

xte

nd

ed

an

d

cult

ivate

d b

y m

ore

peo

ple

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mean

s th

at

a larg

er

pro

po

rtio

n o

f so

ciety

has

the

op

po

rtu

nit

y t

o s

erv

e t

heir

co

mm

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itie

exp

eri

en

ce t

he c

om

ple

xit

y o

f p

ub

lic d

eci

sio

n

makin

g, an

d t

o s

trength

en

th

eir

s

agen

cy a

nd

eff

icacy

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mly

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cit

izen

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rm t

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ou

nci

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ave a

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riti

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rin

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les

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go

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les

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req

uir

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chie

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oo

d r

ep

rese

nta

tive

delib

era

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roce

sses

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resu

lt in

use

ful

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mm

en

dati

on

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r th

e c

om

mis

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nin

g

pu

blic

au

tho

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es

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d a

mean

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l

op

po

rtu

nit

y f

or

citi

zen

s to

part

icip

ate

in

shap

ing p

ub

lic d

eci

sio

ns.

Th

e c

om

bin

ati

on

need

s to

be d

esi

gn

ed

in

a s

eq

uen

ced

way w

here

it

is c

lear

ho

this

bro

ad

er

part

icip

ati

on

feed

s in

to t

he d

elib

era

tive p

roce

ss; an

d t

hey a

ll f

into

bett

er

deci

sio

n m

akin

g.

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en

th

is m

ean

s th

at

stake

ho

lder

part

icip

ati

on

take

s p

lace

at

the b

egin

nin

its

ou

tpu

ts b

eco

me p

art

of

the e

vid

en

ce b

ase

fo

r th

e r

ep

rese

nta

tive g

rou

p o

part

icip

an

ts in

th

e d

elib

era

tive p

roce

ss.

For

inst

an

ce, th

ere

is

usu

ally

an

op

en

call

for

sub

mis

sio

ns

of

evid

en

ce f

rom

stake

ho

lders

, w

hic

h c

an

in

clu

de b

usi

ness

es,

aca

dem

ics,

ad

vo

cacy

gro

up

s, t

r

un

ion

s, a

nd

oth

er

act

ors

. So

meti

mes

there

are

pu

blic

meeti

ngs

or

rou

nd

tab

le

betw

een

sess

ion

s of

the d

elib

era

tive p

roce

ss, w

here

th

e p

art

icip

an

ts t

hem

s

lead

th

e d

iscu

ssio

ns

wit

h t

he p

ub

lic.

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ch m

eth

od

s exte

nd

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ati

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th

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ity

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n

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g s

ho

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s

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ther

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ati

on

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part

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on

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as

pu

blic

su

rvey

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ati

on

s, t

ow

n h

all

an

d r

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nd

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le d

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s

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t th

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nta

tiv

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elib

era

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roce

ss s

ho

uld

be

tran

spare

nt

an

d m

ad

e a

vailab

le t

o t

he p

ub

lic.

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ho

uld

be e

asy

fo

r ci

tize

ns

an

d t

he m

ed

ia t

o f

ind

in

form

ati

on

regard

ing t

he

pu

rpo

se, d

esi

gn

, m

eth

od

olo

gy,

an

d d

eta

ils a

bo

ut

how

peo

ple

were

recr

uit

ed

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wh

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exp

ert

s p

art

icip

an

ts h

eard

fro

m, h

ow

th

e e

xp

ert

s w

ere

ch

ose

n, an

d h

ow

the c

itiz

en

s’ r

eco

mm

en

dati

on

s w

ere

develo

ped

. Th

is h

as

an

im

pact

on

peo

ple

’s

con

fid

en

ce in

an

d t

heir

perc

ep

tio

ns

of

the legit

imacy

of

the p

roce

ss.

3

er

pu

blic

com

mu

nic

ati

on

sh

ou

ld b

e lev

era

ged

to

in

crease

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

for

pu

blic

learn

ing

, to

in

form

th

e p

ub

lic

ab

ou

t th

e

ess

, ev

iden

ce p

rese

nte

d, o

utc

om

es,

an

d im

ple

men

tati

on

, an

d t

o

ou

rag

e g

reate

r ci

tizen

part

icip

ati

on

.

ub

lic a

uth

ori

ties

sho

uld

en

sure

se t

he ‘fe

ed

back

lo

op

’ to

main

tain

th

e r

ela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

en

s in

betw

een

on

e-o

ff

delib

era

tive p

roce

sses.

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ce t

he

en

s’ f

inal re

com

men

dati

on

s

e d

eliv

ere

d t

o t

he p

ub

lic

au

tho

rity

, it

is

the a

uth

ori

ty’s

spo

nsi

bili

ty t

o r

esp

on

d a

nd

xp

lain

th

e r

ati

on

ale

fo

r

tin

g o

r re

ject

ing a

ny

op

osa

ls.

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dati

ng t

he p

art

icip

an

ts a

nd

the w

ider

pu

blic

ab

ou

t h

ow

the r

eco

mm

en

dati

on

s fr

om

th

e

delib

era

tive p

roce

ss a

re b

ein

g

imp

lem

en

ted

help

s to

fo

ster

a

rela

tio

nsh

ip b

etw

een

cit

izen

s

an

d p

ub

lic in

stit

uti

on

s, w

ith

th

e

pote

nti

al to

im

pact

po

siti

vely

on

tru

st in

both

dir

ect

ion

s.

Dem

on

stra

tin

g t

o c

itiz

en

s th

at

wh

en

th

ey p

art

icip

ate

, th

eir

pro

po

sals

are

take

n s

eri

ou

sly a

nd

it is

wo

rth

th

eir

tim

e c

an

als

o

help

to

en

cou

rage g

reate

r ci

tize

n

part

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ati

on

in

oth

er

form

s an

d

on

oth

er

po

licy iss

ues.

4

Th

e a

pp

rop

riate

leg

al an

d/o

r re

gu

lato

ry c

han

ges

sho

uld

be e

nact

ed

to

su

pp

ort

the in

stit

uti

on

alisa

tio

n o

f re

pre

sen

tati

ve d

elib

era

tiv

e p

roce

sses

for

pu

blic

deci

sio

n m

akin

g.

Bey

on

d leg

al ch

an

ges

to e

stab

lish

ru

les

or

req

uir

em

en

ts f

or

pu

blic

delib

era

tio

n, th

ere

are

ad

dit

ion

al le

gal su

pp

ort

iss

ues

that

need

to

be a

dd

ress

ed

to

make o

rgan

isin

g d

elib

era

tiv

e p

roce

sses

easi

er, less

cost

ly, an

d t

o r

esu

lt in

bett

er

ou

tco

mes.

Legis

lati

on

an

d r

egu

lati

on

sh

ou

ld b

e a

dap

ted

so

th

at

the m

ost

com

ple

te d

ata

base

s th

at

exis

t ca

n b

e u

sed

fo

r th

e r

an

do

m s

ele

ctio

n

pro

ced

ure

to

en

sure

th

at

the larg

est

nu

mb

er

of

peo

ple

poss

ible

have

a f

air

ch

an

ce o

f b

ein

g s

ele

cted

to

part

icip

ate

at

the o

uts

et.

Th

ese

sho

uld

be c

on

sid

ere

d in

lig

ht

of

overa

rch

ing p

ers

on

al d

ata

pro

tect

ion

rule

s, s

uch

as

the E

uro

pean

Un

ion’s

Gen

era

l D

ata

Pro

tect

ion

Regu

lati

on

(G

DP

R).

A n

ex

t st

ep

wo

uld

be f

or

em

plo

y

pro

vid

e p

aid

leav

e t

o p

art

icip

ate

in

a

delib

era

tiv

e p

roce

ss, as

is t

he c

as

crim

inal ju

ries.

If c

itiz

en

s’ t

ime a

nd

in

pu

ts in

to p

olic

y

makin

g a

re v

alu

ed

, th

en

it

is im

po

r

to c

om

pen

sate

th

eir

tim

e a

nd

en

sur

6

Govern

men

ts s

ho

uld

co

nsi

der

dra

ftin

g

pie

ces

of

legis

lati

on

or

regu

lati

on

s th

at

intr

od

uce

a r

eq

uir

em

en

t fo

r a d

elib

era

tive

pro

cess

un

der

cert

ain

co

nd

itio

ns,

an

d t

o

allo

w c

itiz

en

s to

in

itia

te a

delib

era

tive

pro

cess

if

they g

ath

er

en

ou

gh

sig

natu

res.

For

acc

ou

nta

bili

ty, th

ere

sh

ou

ld b

e a

pro

vis

ion

th

at

state

s th

at

ab

ove a

cert

ain

thre

sho

ld, p

ub

lic d

eci

sio

n m

ake

rs a

re n

ot

ab

le t

o ign

ore

th

e p

eti

tio

n.

Th

e level(s)

of

govern

men

t at

wh

ich

th

e

legis

lati

ve a

nd

/or

regu

lato

ry c

han

ges

ar

req

uir

ed

is

an

asp

ect

to

co

nsi

der. C

han

may b

e r

eq

uir

ed

at

mu

ltip

le levels

.

Wh

ere

legal o

r re

gu

lato

ry c

han

ges

are

pu

t

in p

lace

, th

ey s

ho

uld

be e

xp

licit

ly lin

k

to c

lear

stan

dard

s an

d p

rin

cip

als

to

av

dilu

tin

g t

he q

ualit

y o

f d

elib

era

tio

n.

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8

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