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  • Citizen Conferences

    Nov 28 '12
    Author: 
    Stylianos Tsinaroglou

    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.

  • noddr market democracy

    Sep 28 '12
    Author: 
    Henri Nathanson

    Definition

    Continuious market oriented liberal political system.

    Problems and Purpose

    Efficiency of political decision making.

    History

    Started as a research project in 2005. Research ended Mai 2012. First prototypes online since March 2011. 

    Participant Selection

    The system is useful for constituted groups only, which follow a certain aim.

  • Choicework Dialogue

    Jun 11 '12
    Author: 
    Robert Richards

    Definition

    Choicework Dialogue -- also called Choice-Dialogue or ChoiceDialogue -- developed by Viewpoint Learning, is a structured and facilitated method of face-to-face, in-person deliberation in which a representative sample of approximately 40 citizens deliberates for 8 hours about a policy issue. Choicework Dialogue has been used for public deliberations about public policy issues as well as for intraorganizational deliberations about organizational policies.

  • Citizens' Initiative Review

    May 29 '12
    Author: 
    Robert Richards

    Definition

    A Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) is a Citizens’ Jury that deliberates about a ballot initiative. In a CIR, organizers select a panel, made up of a random sample of 18-24 citizens, who are demographically representative of the population.

  • THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT'S USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS AN ORGANIZING METHOD

    Mar 1 '12
    Author: 
    Parisa Natalia Shafa

    Definition

    The Occupy Movement relies heavily on the use of social media as an organizing method to coordinate protest activities and connect individuals.  Protestors have create Facebook sites such as Occupy Together to coordinate mass protests.  Occupiers utilize Twitter to keep the public updated with constant tweets of activities at both protests and General Assembly meetings.  YouTube uploads of police brutality incite public uproar which furthers builds the movement, while more individuals participate in General Assembly meetings and decision making processes within t

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