Uncategorized Afrofuturism and knowledge production in participatory and deliberative spaces 24 Jan 202224 Jan 2022 by Dayo Eseonu A widely accepted rationale for public participation in public policy and administration, whether for normative or instrumental reasons, is accessing knowledge from the lived experiences of those…
Uncategorized Democratic Deliberation Could Curb Political Short-Termism: Evidence From the Japanese Online Deliberative Poll 19 Jan 202219 Jan 2022 by Masakazu Ogami and Masaki Shibutani Political short-termism in democracies Democracies tend to suffer from political short-termism. That is, democratic decision-making is prone to prioritizing near-term social benefits over potential…
Uncategorized Happy New Year from the PDD group to all our members! 31 Dec 202131 Dec 2021 A short reflection on 2021: Intercontinental Dialogues in Pandemic Times 2021 was another challenging year but also one that brought many great things for our group. We were chuffed to…
Uncategorized Masterclass – Designing and facilitating public deliberation 30 Nov 202130 Nov 2021 8th February 2022, 3pm UK time The PDD group is excited to announce our first masterclass in Designing and Facilitating Public Deliberation. This online, interactive event will be delivered on…
Uncategorized Cooperative Collegial Democracy: An African Alternative to Western Liberal Democracy 30 Nov 202130 Nov 2021 Emefiena Ezeani For many people, democracy simply means formation of political parties for the primary purpose of recruiting major political office-holders. The heart of the liberal model of democracy is…
Uncategorized Some rough, pessimistic thoughts on the political economy problem of climate assemblies 14 Nov 202115 Nov 2021 Rikki Dean Across advanced democracies citizens’ assemblies on climate change – randomly selected, deliberative initiatives of usually between 100-200 people – are increasingly being adopted in the hope they can…
Uncategorized Decolonizing Democratic Innovations 11 Nov 20218 Dec 2021 Democratic innovations seek to reimagine democracy by deepening and amplifying the voices of ordinary people in the governance process. It is built on a deep-rooted conviction about the equality of…
Uncategorized In Kenya as Elsewhere in Africa, the Real Tribes are the Political Parties 24 Oct 202125 Oct 2021 The Desperate Need for No-Party Democracies by Reginald M.J. Oduor Politicians in Kenya continue to mobilise followers on the basis of cultural identity – a phenomenon often referred to as…
Uncategorized Backstage democracy of youth climate activism: A short note on ethnography with “Fridays For Future” in Kyoto, Japan 19 Oct 202119 Oct 2021 by Kei Nishiyama On 21 April 2021, I attended a Zoom meeting of Fridays For Future Kyoto (FFF Kyoto), where members prepared for the next day’s climate march in Kyoto.…
Uncategorized Decolonising Democratic Innovations: Beyond the White and Western Gaze 12 Oct 202112 Oct 2021 by Shana Almeida, Sonia Bussu, Dannica Fleuss, Jean-Paul Gagnon and Reginald M.J. Oduor At the last APSA (American Political Studies Association) annual meeting, the Participatory and Deliberative Democracy specialist group,…
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