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Five community-based organizations organized ‘dialogue-to-change’ programs to improve the lives of young children in greater Albuquerque.

 

In August 2011, 193 residents of greater Seoul took part in a deliberative poll about the reunification of the two Koreas.

A randomized field experiment examining the differences in decision-making and legitimacy in town meeting versus plebiscitary methods.

Nel 2003, cittadini fecero 3 workshop sulla sostenibilità della provincia di Forli-Cesena per creare un Piano d'Azione Locale d'Area.

Citizens organized a machizukuri council to provide input on controversial government plans for Kobe’s redevelopment.

PBNYC aims to bring about greater transparency, accountability, and citizen engagement into the New York budgeting process.

Review of a proposed statute that would have created a regulated distribution system for medical marijuana.

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Participedia makes it easy for you to contribute research, and easy for you to search its extensive knowledge base. For instance, you will find articles on the British Columbia Citizens Assembly of 2004, participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre and other cities, local school council governance in Chicago, municipal evaluation meetings in China, and the People’s Campaign for Democratic Decentralization in Kerala, India. You will also find articles on participatory methods such as deliberative polling, citizens’ assemblies, and participatory budgeting, as well as articles about the organizations that sponsor, implement, and study participatory governance.

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