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Uncertainty and Participatory Democracy

open access: yesEnvironmental Values, 2003
The article deals with some implications of radical uncertainty for participatory democracy, and more precisely for Participatory Technology Assessment (PTA). Two main forms of PTA are discussed. One is aimed at involving lay citizens and highlighting public opinion.
Luigi Pellizzoni
exaly   +6 more sources

Participatory school design for participatory democracy

Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Situated Actions, Workshops and Tutorial - Volume 2, 2018
This paper describes a hands-on workshop in the democratic design of a school, including decisions about curriculum, instruction, assessment, learning spaces, and practices. Participants are guided through a series of Phases of Action, and make all design decisions by Formal Consensus, to collaboratively draft a school plan.
Sean M. Z. Anderson, Michael McCabe
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Participatory Democracy

2007
AbstractThis chapter examines participatory democracy in youth-led community organizing. It discusses the elements and forms of participatory democracy and the evolution of civic participation. It then reviews literature on participatory democracy.
Schaap, L., Edwards, A.R.
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Participatory Democracy

2021
In Participatory Democracy: The Case of Parish Development Committees in Jamaica, Marc Anthony Thomas expands the existing knowledge on participatory democracy. Parish development committees were established as a means for Jamaicans to inform government policy, and Thomas explores the extent to which supportive institutional, infrastructural and ...
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Towards Decision Support for Participatory Democracy

Information Systems and e-Business Management, 2007
In many parts of the world there is growing demand for participation in public policy decision making. This demand could be satisfied by the design and deployment of Web-based group decision support systems to aid large groups of, possibly unsophisticated, users in participating in such decisions.
David Ríos Insua   +3 more
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Deliberative and Participatory Democracy

2018
Abstract This chapter explores the relationship between participatory and deliberative democracy; analysing their similarities and differences, compatibilities and tensions, to ascertain whether they should, and can, be pursued in tandem. The case is made that the normative and explanatory potential of each approach is diminished without
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Participatory Democracy in Venezuela

2011
Margarita López Maya, Luis E. Lander
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Participatory Democracy in Theory

2003
Participatory Democracy has been embraced by a growing number of intellectuals, and by leaders and activists of the political Left and Center-Left throughout the world, as a means to directly address the problems of Elitist Democracy.1 It has also been adopted by many within the international development communiry, and even by a large number of ...
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