Methods

  • Definition

    Citizen Conferences allow for citizens to deliberate and provide policy recommendations for a government entity.  The government entity can then use these recommendations to better meet the needs of its citizens.

    Participants

    The participants in citizen conferences are selected randomly to represent the diverse sets of opinions and demographics of a region (e.g. a State).  These participants are usually ordinary citizens, not stakeholders or professional lobbyists.

  • Author: 

    Deliberative Polling is a unique form of political consultation that combines techniques of public opinion research and public deliberation to construct hypothetical representations of what public opinion on a particular issue might look like if citizens were given a chance to become more informed.

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