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Indonesiens Direktdemokratie Experiment

May 6 '13
Author: 
Christopher Eichhorn

Zilino

Apr 12 '13
Author: 
Tim Bonnemann

Definition

 

Problems and Purpose

 

History

 

Participant Selection

 

Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction

 

Influence, Outcomes, and Effects

 

Analysis and Criticism

 

Secondary Sources

 

External Links

http://zilino.com

Ländliches Volksentscheids-Experiment (Indonesien)

Mar 25 '13
Author: 
Christopher Eichhorn

Problemstellung und Absicht

Dieser Fall ist ein randomisierter Feldversuch, welcher die Unterschiede bezüglich Entscheidungsfindung und Legitimität zwischen Bürgerversammlung und plebiszitären Entscheidungsfindungsmethoden (des direkten Wählens) untersucht. Der Experimentator Benjamin Olken hat diese Frage im Kontext von Entscheidungsfragen bezüglich Infrastruktur-Investitionen in indonesischen Dörfern untersucht.

e-Deliberation™

Feb 4 '13
Author: 
Jean-Daniel Cusin

Definition

e-Deliberation is an online enabling technology for collaborative decision and strategy making by the persons who have the expertise or are impacted by the focus of the e-Deliberation. It provides the thinking process and platform to tie it all together.

Problems and Purpose

e-Deliberation targets difficult, complex or wicked problems that have multiple stakeholders each with their varied interests, preoccupations and goals. The e-Deliberation thinking process yields a multifaceted resolution which tends toward full participant consent.

Participatory Budgeting (New York, New York) - Bürgerhaushalt New York

Jan 19 '13
Author: 
Merete Schultze

Anmerkung: Dies ist die deutsche Übersetzung einer englischen Fallstudie, die von Hollie Russon Gilman am 08.01.2012 verfasst wurde.

Zweck und Problemstellung

New Hampshire Public Conversations on Outdoor Recreation

Dec 9 '12
Author: 
LeQuan Clinton

Problems and Purpose

The problem is that citizens feel that there are not enough outdoor recreation resources and opportunities, more specifically for those individuals that have limited access and use of the outdoor recreation resources for reasons including age, income, or knowledge. Below is an explanation of the purpose and a brief excerpt from the New Hampshire Outdoors, Revised.

Belo Horizonte Participatory Budgeting

Dec 9 '12
Author: 
Gino Mendoza

Summary

 

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a process implemented in the 1990s where residents of certain regions can influence how their governments' annual budgets are allocated. After the collapse of its authoritarian regime in the mid 1980s, Brazilians implemented reforms to bolster their economic and political futures through participatory methods. These new democratic practices drastically improved the lives and social infrastructure of its participants.

 

City of Canada Bay Council Citizens' Panel

Nov 14 '12
Author: 
Sarah Faubion

In 2012, the City of Canada Bay Council proposed an innovative method of deliberative democracy  to obtain the advice of citizens in making decisions for the range and quality of council services for the period 2014-18. With this in mind, the Canada Bay Council partnered with  groups such as Straight Talk and newDemocracy to create a panel of 36 randomly citizens. This group worked in parallel to a randomly selected group of council staff.

Oregon Citizen's Initiative Review 2012 - Measure 85

Nov 12 '12
Author: 
Ariel Tang

Definition

Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review Measure 85 is a ballot initiative examined by the Oregon Citizen’s Initiative Review Commission in Oregon State. Citizens’ Initiative Review of Ballot Measure 85 is a proposal titled “Amends Constitution: Allocates Corporate Income/Excise Tax ‘Kicker’ Refund To Additionally Fund K Through 12 Public Education” (Healthy Democracy). A panel of 24 registered voters from Oregon gathered at the Salem Conference Center in Salem, Oregon to deliberate and evaluate Ballot Measure 85.

California Proposition 31 (2012)

Nov 7 '12
Author: 
Melissa Croce, Matthew Anderson, and Tyler Van Horn
Proposition 31 was a ballot measure created by California Forward and voted on by the people of California during the General Election held on November 6, 2012. Proposition 31 called for changes to the state budget, and for any legislation to be published three days before it was voted on, among other things. Proposition 31 was defeated by a vote of over 60% to under 40%, but was a good step in the right direction regarding budget reform in California.
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