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Deliberative Democracy Workshops


Deliberative democratic practices and community decision-making processes have the potential to help democracy work as well as it should and are at the foundation of Kettering’s inquiry. Two workshops, the Deliberative Democracy Workshops (DDW) I and II, explore the concept of deliberative democracy and community decision-making around the world, while providing a space for participants to explore the organization of citizens’ political efforts in their home communities.

In the first of the two workshops (DDW I) participants begin to look at the idea of a deliberative public, exploring the concept and outlining for themselves appropriate ways in which to organize the political work of their home communities. Then, after a year or more of that kind of political activity in their own communities, some of them may return to the second workshop (DDW II) where, by sharing with each other the challenges they faced and the successes they achieved, participants learn from each other. In doing so, they join a broad international network of people engaged in the challenges of deliberative democracy.

DDW I is more, but not necessarily only, about "how" to recognize and implement deliberative practices and community decision-making processes. DDW II focuses more on putting that into perspective, and exploring "why" things are done the way they are.

For more information, e-mail Ileana Marin, senior program associate at Kettering.

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