This report outlines how social movements and citizens’ assemblies can be combined as ‘Movement Assemblies’ to help community power-building organizations and coalitions build capacity, power and political clarity.
Read MoreA compendium of case studies and trends in public participation in Latin America. These cases showcase how participation can successfully be embedded into institutional structures, facilitating the scaling and strengthening of public participation in Latin America.
Read MoreA report detailing the history and functioning of participatory budgeting and its implementation in Georgia.
Read MoreA report on Serbia's citizens' assembly in Valjevo, which focused on air pollution, detailing process stages, results, and insights on the potential of such assemblies.
Read MoreA research report analyzing specific cases of participatory budgeting in Lithuanian cities and identifying the main challenges.
Read MoreA chapter on mixed methods research and its application in the investigation of deliberative democracy.
Read MoreA handbook for the design and implementation of deliberative mini-publics in European hybrid regimes, including Serbia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
Read MoreA short paper analyzing and explaining the history, structure, functioning and phases of legislative theater.
Read MoreA case study analyzing efforts in Tunisia to decentralize political processes and strengthen direct participation based on legal reforms.
Read MoreAnalysis and examples of participatory budgeting methodologies in Catalonia, Spain, providing local authorities with a tool for designing quality processes.
Read MoreAn academic article using "robust governance" as a framework for assessing the design of integrating deliberative mini-publics into complex political structures, through the use of six national climate assemblies as case studies.
Read MoreA book discussing the risks of political participation to citizens in Colombia, and theoretical concepts and methods to promote political advocacy through the concept of "permanent citizenship."
Read MoreAn article emphasizing the importance of carefully selecting and agreeing on the appropriate terms and language with participants in citizen science.
Read MoreA research paper detailing the results of an extensive review of the literature and case studies of participation budgeting over 30 years, with particular focus on Kenya and Mexico.
Read MoreA book on participatory budgeting that explores its origins and theory of change, and defines the different types of program methodologies and how they work.
Read MoreA guide presenting a flexible approach to engage people in addressing public challenges in urban settings.
Read MoreAn academic article on the institutionalization of citizens' assemblies in Ireland, considering whether the “Irish model” can be successfully replicated in other countries.
Read MoreAn academic article discussing democratic models and reforms in China, drawing on the participatory budgeting reforms in Wenling as a case study.
Read MoreAn academic article using the case study of participatory budgeting reforms in Wenling, China to discuss the reality and limitations of democratic reform in an authoritarian regime.
Read MoreA study of the traits and attitudes of over 22,000 internet voters from Rio Grande do Sul during a referendum on state-level spending priorities.
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