"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Minimum Participants","Maximum Participants","Minimum Duration","Maximum Duration","Minimum Cost","Maximum Cost","Facilitation?","","","","","","Stages","Stages (other)","","","","","","","","","",""
"Agora 2.0","Matteo","Agora 2.0 is a group of Italian young people devoted to create a software for law creation, law amending and law voting","DefinitionAgora 2.0 is a group of Italian young people devoted to create a software for law creation, law amending and law voting Problems and PurposeThe group is working to create a software to enable collaborative governance. The system shall include...","Fri, 12/23/2011 - 17:17","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","National","","","","","","","","",""
"As the People Want It, Blueprint for a new confederation","Paul Nollen","","Blueprint for a new confederation
This site is based on ""As the People Want It, Blueprint for a new confederation"" published by Fremskrittspartiets Utredningsinstitutt, an independent research institute dedicated to political and economic research and...","Sat, 12/25/2010 - 20:07","","","","","","","No","","","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","","","","","","Achieving Public Goods, Distributing Individual Material Goods, Providing Social Goods","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","","","","","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization",""
"Citizen Councilor Network","Jspady","","The Citizen Councilor Network is overseen by the King County Auditor's Office in Seattle.This method is used in support of the Countywide Community Forums (of King County).NotesThe cost to conduct a ""round"" of the network is highly variable. The more...","Wed, 12/09/2009 - 01:18","4","40","21","45","","US$30","No","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","","","Deliberation","","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues, Providing Social Goods","Raise public awareness","Conflict Resolution, Preference Articulation","4 - Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Community Based Organization","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual"
"Citizens' Initiative Review","richards1000","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 panelists meet for five days to learn and deliberate about a ballot initiative—a proposed law or constitutional amendment that is drafted by, and can be enacted by a direct vote of, citizens—that will be voted on in an upcoming election.","DefinitionA 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...","Tue, 05/29/2012 - 13:11","18","24","4 days","6 days","","","Yes","","","","","","","","","","","Decision-Making","5 - Very Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","4 - Quite Complex","","Non-Governmental Organization (Non-profit)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)"
"Civic Lottery","Crazzarc","","A civic lottery, a popular term for the contemporary use of sortition or allotment, refers to a lottery-based method for selecting citizens for public service or office. It is based on the premise that citizens in a democracy have both a duty and the...","Tue, 02/23/2010 - 20:24","5","","","","US$8 000","","No","","","","Random Selection","","","Trust Building","International","","","","5 - Very Polarized","","","","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization",""
"Community Auditing","Carolina","","","Sun, 01/17/2010 - 20:56","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Community Organizing","epan","","Note:  This article is in need of assistance with content and editing.  Please help us compete it. ","Fri, 07/06/2012 - 12:13","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Community-based participatory research","Sarena Seifer",""," Community-based participatory research is a ""collaborative approach to research that equitably involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the...","Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:17","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Consensus","Plscully","","This is a stub. We need a general overview that defines consensus as a generic method (for example, as compared to the specific use of consensus in a ""consensus council.""Definition Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation,...","Sat, 11/10/2012 - 14:28","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"ConsiderIt","KatieKnobloch","ConsiderIt is an open source platform that encourages users to engage in thoughtful discussion across difference on complex issues. The 2010 Washington state Living Voters Guide was the first project to implement the ConsiderIt platform. It aims to decrease polarization and increase communication that encourages participants to find a common ground with one another and reach a common understanding about the benefits and consequences of public issues.","DefinitionConsiderIt is an open source platform that encourages users to engage in thoughtful discussion across difference on complex issues. The 2010 Washington state Living Voters Guide was the first project to implement the ConsiderIt platform. It...","Fri, 12/02/2011 - 14:42","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Constitution","alexlinsker","","DefinitionA Constitution is the top-most governing document of an organization. It defines the various types of autonomy (the roles) people have. It limits powers of the main leaders. It allows for amendments. It provides various rights either implicitly...","Fri, 07/13/2012 - 00:03","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Conversation Cafes","Yunakim",""," Definition 
Conversation Cafes are openly hosted conversations in local coffee shops, but are also widely entertained inside, but not limited to, restaurants, conference rooms, churches, and classrooms. This participatory method was intentionally...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 05:17","3","10","1","1","","","Yes","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all","","","Initial Preference Aggregation","","Providing Social Goods","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Preference Articulation","5 - Very Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","Individual","Individual"
"Delegated Voting","Paul Nollen","","
--Delegated Voting-- 
Also called Proxy voting or Liquid_Democracy
Imagine delegating your vote on health issues to a trusted family physician. And that she gives all the votes delegated to her second year medical ethics professor. And by checking on...","Wed, 09/29/2010 - 10:22","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Deliberation","Alli Welton","","Definition Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Wed, 04/11/2012 - 10:20","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Deliberative Democracy","Paul Nollen","","Deliberative democracy (also called discursive democracy) is a form of democracy in which public deliberation is central to legitimate lawmaking. It adopts elements of both representative democracy and direct democracy and differs from traditional...","Sat, 02/26/2011 - 21:44","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Deliberative Democracy and Citizens' Juries","Paul Nollen","","A citizens' jury can be a good model of participatory decision making that allows the voices of the most marginalised, and yet most affected by development policies, to be heard and included. But to be truly valuable and to ensure that the Citizens'_Jury...","Mon, 09/13/2010 - 12:43","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Deliberative Polling","Swdgray","","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...","Fri, 11/06/2009 - 22:49","130","450","1","2","US$10","US$50","Yes","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Random Selection","","","Initial Preference Aggregation","","Achieving Public Goods, Providing Social Goods, Distributing Individual Material Goods","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Agenda Formation, Preference Articulation, Decision-Making","3 - Somewhat Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), National Government","Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), National Government"
"Delphi Method","Plscully","","This article is a stub. We invite you to flesh it out and make it a complete entry.Definition ""The Delphi technique is an alternative participatory method. Although it is based on iteration and feedback, it is less elaborate and resource‐intensive than...","Thu, 03/14/2013 - 11:56","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Demarchy","Paul Nollen","","Demarchy (or lottocracy) is a form of government in which the state is governed by randomly selected decision makers who have been selected by sortition (lot) from a broadly inclusive pool of eligible citizens. These groups, sometimes termed ""policy...","Sun, 05/22/2011 - 12:37","","","","","","","No","","","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Random Selection","","","Decision-Making","","","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","","","","","","",""
"E-Democracy Centre","Paul Nollen","","e-Democracy CentreWelcome to the e-DC, o­ne of the first interdisciplinary research centres dedicated to the study of e-democracy. Our main goal at the e-DC is to conduct research on how new information and communication technologies are interacting with...","Mon, 08/30/2010 - 18:32","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Electronic Direct Democracy","Paul Nollen","","Electronic Direct_Democracy (EDD) is the strongest form of direct democracy, in which people are involved in the legislative function. Many advocates think that also important to this notion are technological enhancements to the deliberative process....","Fri, 07/01/2011 - 10:05","","","","","","","Yes","","","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","","","Decision-Making","International","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues, Distributing Individual Material Goods, Providing Social Goods","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","","3 - Somewhat Polarized","2 - Seldom Tied to Other Issues","","","Community Based Organization",""
"End to end auditable voting system ""Helios""","Paul Nollen","","Helios offers truly verifiable online elections.
If you’re a member of:
a homeowner’s/condo association, an open-source software community, a student government,any other community that holds elections you can set up your Helios election in minutes.
On...","Fri, 08/27/2010 - 19:08","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"European Awareness Scenario Workshop (EASW)","Alli Welton","","Definition Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Wed, 04/11/2012 - 10:04","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"European Local Democracy Week","Mooreram",""," Definition 
The European Local Democracy Week (ELDW) is an annual event in Europe which fosters local and national participation in promoting the knowledge of local democracy and the idea of democratic participation at a local level. Founded in 2007,...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 19:53","1","500","1","7","US$100","US$100","Yes","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","","","","International","Achieving Public Goods, Providing Social Goods","Raise public awareness","Agenda Formation, Conflict Resolution, Implementation","1 - Not Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial)"
"Globplex","Paul Nollen","Evolutive Society System

Global e-Society Complex project is the blueprint, proposed for the conception,
elaboration and implementation of a society model, that is viable, worldwide, for all future generations.
And this simultaneously, in terms of ecology, health, economy, social welfare, culture, and personal and societal higher values.
It is proposed to be conceived in crowd-mode, with the proactive participation of a maximum of people and entities.
It is projected to combine the essence of, now mainly dispersed, relevant ideas, experiments and realizations, looking for an alternative of the techno-mercantilist model, that has dominated society and way of life, during the last centuries.
Global e-Society Complex is intended to be based on complexity driven forms of holistic, non linear thinking and perception.
As a societal organization, Global e-Society Complex is the blueprint for a consortium sui generis of people and entities, pro actively participating in conceiving, organizing and implementing an evolutive society model and way of life.
It en globes non profit as well as business enterprise entities.","DefinitionGlobal e-Society ComplexEmpowering people, as well as public and private entities, to proactively shape together a new, viable, open and harmonious society, day-by-day and locally-to-globally, substituting the, now imploding, techno-...","Wed, 01/11/2012 - 02:50","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Liquid Democracy","Paul Nollen","","Welcome to the Liquid Democracy Wiki. We're working on new methods of web-based democracy.What is Liquid Democracy?A buzzword created in 2003. While many use the term Liquid Democracy to describe internet-based Delegated Voting (a voting mechanism),...","Tue, 09/28/2010 - 09:30","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Living Democracy - www.echo.to","Matteo","echo is a joint Open Source project for active citizen participation - available worldwide and for all people. Its comprehensive approach is designed to address a core problem of our time: the political resignation and feelings of powerlessness of the individual.","DefinitionEcho is a joint Open Source project for active citizen participation - available worldwide and for all people. Its comprehensive approach is designed to address a core problem of our time: the political resignation and feelings of powerlessness...","Sat, 01/28/2012 - 06:05","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Magic Roundtables","Benking","Each person is given an equal number of beads, stones, or any tokens representing equal units of time. The total meeting time is divided into units matching the distributed tokens, thus valuing them. Each member then introduces her/himself, and if so desired, offers a topic for dialogue. Members then give tokens to others whose proposal or offer the group wants to enlarge from the selection offered in order to empower voices and joint interests, enlarge the flow in dialogue. This ""voting or encouraging"" continues as topics generate more or less ""empathy"" or concern; and as others join in the conversation can receive tokens as encouragement to continue with their line of thought. This open, transparent format can encourage inhibited people to participate and minimize domination by authoritarian types. In case of unexpected changes in meeting duration, the tokens can be re-/de-valued inflated/deflated to match the remaining available time. This method is one approach being highlighted in this paper: http://www.open-forum.de/time-sharing.html which might provide some general orientation.","Definition Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Tue, 12/20/2011 - 14:09","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"New England Town Meetings","Angelasgarla","","Definition
The New England Town Meetings are open forums that promote democracy. The meetings include local and regional officials that attend in order to hear the communities view on public issues. Members can be invited. The town meetings are open and...","Fri, 05/21/2010 - 17:59","20","6","1","45","","US$500","No","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","","","Deliberation","","Achieving Public Goods","Raise public awareness","","3 - Somewhat Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Individual, Community Based Organization, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)"
"New Hampshire Public Conversations on School Redesign and Student-centered Learning: Pittsfield, NH","Toni Lozzi","The Pittsfield School  District discovered they needed to re-vamp their school systems. With a grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation they started research into how they could transform their schools. The main focus was designing a community conversation to help uncover the underlying issues and develop possible solutions. Many thought the issue was the design of the school was catering to faculty, teachers, and parents rather than the students. This was the beginning of what plans to be a long-term plan of change.","DefinitionThe Pittsfield School  District discovered they needed to re-vamp their school systems. With a grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation they started research into how they could transform their schools. The main focus was designing a...","Wed, 12/05/2012 - 10:56","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"noddr market democracy","Henri Nathanson","A market system is build up out of election representation and coalition representation contracts. The political lead comes from the market equilibrium. The system allows for any-time voting and is supposed to offer radically better performance with the political decition making.","DefinitionContinuious market oriented liberal political system.Problems and PurposeEfficiency of political decision making.HistoryStarted as a research project in 2005. Research ended Mai 2012. First prototypes online since March 2011. Participant...","Fri, 09/28/2012 - 08:27","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Online Consultations","rlw5296","Online consultations or e-consultations refer to an exchange between government and citizens using the Internet. This consists of using the Internet to ask a group of people their opinion on one or more specific topics, often through the use of open-ended questions. Using this information, governments are more apt to make better citizen-centered policy.","","Mon, 12/03/2012 - 15:40","","","","","","","No","","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","","","","","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","","","","","","",""
"Organizational Learning","Denis Pageau","","","Sun, 07/31/2011 - 14:13","5","7000000000","1000000","1000000","","US$100 000","Yes","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all with targeted recruitment","","","Trust Building","International","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","Raise public awareness","Conflict Resolution, Decision-Making, Implementation, Co-Production","1 - Not Polarized","5 - Always Tied to Other Issues","","","Individual","Individual, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), National Government, Other"
"Participatory Budgeting","Boutall","","DefinitionParticipatory budgeting is a decision-making process through which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources.[1]Participatory budgeting programs are implemented at the behest of governments, citizens,...","Sat, 08/22/2009 - 06:37","","","1","365","US$500","US$50 000","No","","","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all","","","Initial Preference Aggregation","","Achieving Public Goods","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Decision-Making, Preference Articulation","2 - Not Very Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)"
"Participatory consensus conferences","Tessaw2","","Definition
The model of participatory consensus conference often knows as “the Danish model” and/or “citizens’ panel,” is a way to deliberate on policy issues with high technical content using a combination of lay citizens. The consensus conference...","Fri, 05/21/2010 - 17:30","14","14","4","4","","US$130","Yes","","","Raise public awareness","Random Selection","","","Deliberation","","Achieving Public Goods","Raise public awareness","","3 - Somewhat Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","National Government","National Government"
"Participatory democracy","alexlinsker","","DefinitionParticipatory democracy is where people work together, doing hands on work, to get visible results.Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and...","Thu, 07/12/2012 - 23:58","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Petition","Gsmith","Collection of signatures for proposition to be considered by public authority","**Definition**

**Problems and Purpose**

**History**

**Participant Selection**

**Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction**

**Influence, Outcomes, and Effects**

**Analysis and Criticism**

**Secondary Sources**

**External Links**

**Notes**","Wed, 11/30/2011 - 09:20","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Planning Cells","Kms497","","DefinitionPlanning cells is a method for deliberation developed by Prof. Dr. Peter C. Dienel, and is designed to be a sort of ""micro-parliament."" In a planning cell, twenty five people from various backgrounds work together to develop a set of solutions...","Wed, 06/02/2010 - 00:41","25","25","4","7","","","Yes","","","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Random Selection","","","Initial Preference Aggregation","","Achieving Public Goods","Co-governance (i.e. to share decision making with public authorities)","Agenda Formation, Implementation","2 - Not Very Polarized","2 - Seldom Tied to Other Issues","","","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","National Government, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)"
"Pop-up Democracy","Publiccurator","","Definition
Pop-up democracy is a term for institutional forms that use temporary, site-specific practices to provide opportunities for increased local political and civic participation.

Purpose
The idea of pop-up democracy is built on the notion that...","Fri, 12/03/2010 - 02:38","","","","","","","Yes","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","","","","","Providing Social Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","Raise public awareness","Agenda Formation","","","","","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Individual, Other","Individual, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Other"
"Project I-democracy","Matteo","This is a project I founded that it is solely meant as a case study for a possible direct democracy system using two levels of delegation.
The project is in no way a finalized one, but can provide some interesting ideas.
The whole system design is based on creating a simple, easy-to-use but still powerful enough system for direct democracy.
Main concepts are:
1)    two-level simple to-implement user delegation system, to allow user to be involved even if they do not have time and/or competence to join
2)    no implementation of law amending and collective law writing to avoid a too complex system
3)    having a central decisional group to coordinate law creation and voting. This group would however have no power to write or implement laws, just to control the whole process of system control
4)    direct feedback system (using a blog, for example) between users delegated to vote and user delegating their vote.

Site: www.i-democrazia.it","Definition Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Mon, 01/09/2012 - 23:33","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Public Hearing","Czimmerman","","“The public hearing is perhaps the most widespread venue for public participation in the United States, used by all levels of government for a variety of purposes.”[1]


 Definition 
A public hearing is a type of public meeting, and much literature...","Wed, 06/02/2010 - 01:35","1","","1","","","","Yes","","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","","","Public Hearing","","Achieving Public Goods","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Agenda Formation, Decision-Making, Implementation","3 - Somewhat Polarized","","","","Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), National Government","Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), National Government"
"Q&A with experts","Alli Welton","","","Wed, 04/11/2012 - 11:05","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Real Time Voting ","Austin","An variation of the Proxy/Liquid democracy models that avoids issues of definition of categories and the pitfalls of multiple degrees of proxy. The essence of the system is breaking the vote into sections which can be distributed to candidates in varying proportions according to the wishes of the voter and withdrawn at any time. A representatives voting weight and speaking time in the parliament (and possibly campaign funding) would rise and fall in real time in accordance with the sum of the tokens assigned to them. Intentions regarding votes would have to be announced in advance, giving voters a chance to withdraw their support before it was used against their wishes.   ","  Real time democracy is a system based around transforming the vote from a single use ticket issued once every four years, to a permanent possession of the voter – something that is lent (in part or full) to a representative the voter trusts to defend...","Sun, 04/29/2012 - 19:16","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Representative Democracy","alexlinsker","Citizens elect representatives to represent them.","DefinitionCitizens elect representatives to represent them.Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and Effects Analysis and Criticism Secondary Sources External Links Notes ","Thu, 07/12/2012 - 23:56","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Representative Town Meeting","richards1000","Representative Town Meeting is a method of participatory self-government applied to municipalities. It is common in New England in the United States, and has its origins in congregational self-government exercised within the English Independent or Congregationalist churches.","DefinitionRepresentative Town Meeting is a method of participatory self-government applied to municipalities. It is common in New England in the United States, and has its origins in congregational self-government exercised within the English Independent...","Mon, 07/30/2012 - 23:39","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)"
"Schools of Participation","Carolina","","","Mon, 04/19/2010 - 05:22","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Service-learning","Sarena Seifer","Service-learning is a structured learning experience that combines community service with preparation and reflection. Students engaged in service-learning provide community service in response to community-identified concerns and learn about the context in which service is provided, the connection between their service and their academic coursework, and their roles as citizens. ","","Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:22","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Socratic Cafés","Anniegulian","","Definition
The Socratic Café (also known as Socrates Café) is a democratic discussion forum based on the more commonly known Socratic Method, which focuses its intentions on being an open system that allows for philosophical questioning. An unofficial...","Mon, 12/06/2010 - 20:18","2","",".08","1","US$0","","Yes","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all","","","","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","","3 - Somewhat Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Other","Other"
"Strike","Plscully","","This is a stub. Here is a description of ""strike action"" from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_action Definition Problems and Purpose History Participant Selection Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction Influence, Outcomes, and...","Thu, 03/07/2013 - 06:49","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Study Circles","Shirleykim12","","DefinitionStudy circles -- also called Dialogue-to-Change programs, Dialogue-to-Action, or Dialogue Circles -- emphasize small group deliberation by providing opportunities for members of a community to meet face-to-face and discuss a particular set of...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 08:30","3","300","1","180","","","Yes","","","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","","","Trust Building","","Achieving Public Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues, Providing Social Goods","Develop individual capacities (e.g. skills, learning)","Implementation","3 - Somewhat Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution, Community Based Organization, Individual"
"Surveys","Alli Welton","","","Wed, 04/11/2012 - 11:02","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Term limits","alexlinsker","Term limits. Pros: constant education, transparency/accountability, the governors become the governed. Cons: see pros.","DefinitionTerm limits are a defined maximum amount of time that a person can be in any representative office for any reason.Problems and PurposePros: constant education, transparency/accountability, the governors become the governed. Cons: see pros....","Thu, 07/12/2012 - 23:58","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"The World Cafe","Haleymj3","","Definition
The World Café defines itself as “a conversational process based on a set of integrated design principles that reveal a deeper living network pattern through which we co-evolve our collective future” [1]  It is a methodology for hosting...","Thu, 06/03/2010 - 16:30","10","5000","1","365","","US$100 000","Yes","","","","","","","Trust Building","","Providing Social Goods, Addressing Identity-Based Issues","","","4 - Polarized","3 - Sometimes Interdependent on Other Issues","","","Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Individual, Other","Individual, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts), Community Based Organization, Academic Institution, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Other"
"University Student Government","Sarah round","","DefinitionUniversity Student Governments serve as the official voice for students in University affairs and to external organizations. When students are brought to the table in the Universities’ decision-making process it ensures multiple voices are...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 09:38","30","40","270","365","US$50","US$700","Yes","","","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Open to all","","","Deliberation","","Achieving Public Goods, Providing Social Goods","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers)","Decision-Making, Implementation","2 - Not Very Polarized","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","Academic Institution","Academic Institution"
"Washington State Initiative Process","Ceric56","","Washington State uses the initiative process which gives direct power to the voters to enact new laws or change existing ones effectively allowing the electorate to place legislation on the ballot so long as they meet certain criteria. By collecting a...","Tue, 12/07/2010 - 09:23","","","","","US$5","","Yes","","","","Open to all","","","Decision-Making","","Achieving Public Goods","","","3 - Somewhat Polarized","1 - Always Isolated and Usually Not tied to Other Issues","","","","Individual"
"We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution","Un Gato","","Definition
We the People is an elementary and secondary school oriented civic education process designed to enable students to learn about and address civic issues locally, regionally, and nationally.  It works to allow the student participants to...","Fri, 06/04/2010 - 15:41","3","42","1","1","","","Yes","","","Raise public awareness","Open to all","","","Deliberation","","Achieving Public Goods","Raise public awareness","Public Marketing, Preference Articulation","5 - Very Polarized","5 - Always Tied to Other Issues","","","Academic Institution","Community Based Organization, Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), National Government"
"WE-DECIDE","Erdem","","Thorough documentation will follow.
Interested parties can contact:
info@we-decide.net
www.we-decide.net
","Tue, 05/25/2010 - 10:17","50","10","30","90","","US$1","No","","","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","Open to all with targeted recruitment","","","Initial Preference Aggregation","","Achieving Public Goods, Distributing Individual Material Goods","Make public decisions (i.e. exert direct authority)","","","4 - Often Interdependent with Other Issues","","","",""
"Art of Hosting","Büro für Zukunftsfragen","","Art of Hosting (AoH) könnte man mit „Die Kunst, GastgeberIn für gute Gespräche zu sein“ übersetzen.Konkret geht es darum, bunt zusammengewürfelte Gruppen handlungsfähig zu machen, indem qualitätsvolle Räume geschaffen werden, in denen diese Gruppe...","Tue, 04/16/2013 - 06:20","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"BürgerInnen-Rat","Zukunftsbuero","","","Fri, 11/11/2011 - 13:38","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""
"Dynamic Facilitation","Büro für Zukunftsfragen","","Dynamic Facilitation zielt nicht darauf ab, Entscheidungen zu erleichtern, sondern zuvor unberücksichtigte Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen.Als Kern dieser Moderationsform gilt das sogenannte „choice creating“ (Wahlmöglichkeiten schaffen – siehe Abbildung oben...","Tue, 04/16/2013 - 07:00","","","","","","","No","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""