Citizens Initiative Review
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The panel hears directly from advocates for and against the measure and calls upon policy experts during the multi-day public review.
The Citizens’ Initiative Review is a proven way of publicly evaluating ballot measures so that voters have clear, useful, and trustworthy information at election time. During the Citizens’ Initiative Review, a panel of randomly-selected and demographically-balanced voters is brought together from across the state to fairly evaluate a ballot measure. At the conclusion of the in-depth review, the pa
08/19/2020
Join us for a conversation as part of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's virtual book club. They are reading Dr. John Gastil and Dr. Katie Knoblach's book "Hope for Democracy" this month. The book is a chronicle of Healthy Democracy's flagship program, the Citizens' Initiative Review, and the decade-long research that has been devoted to it. Join the authors and Healthy Democracy staff on August 31 at 4:00 p.m. ET. RSVP at http://democracy.psu.edu/book.
04/03/2020
Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast is the podcast of the National Communication Association. Recorded from our National Office in Washington, DC, and hosted by NCA Executive Director Trevor Parry-Giles, the podcast discusses emerging scholarship, estab...
02/27/2020
NCDD Community News » Announcing the March NCDD Confab: Hope for Democracy! NCDD is thrilled to announce our March Confab Call, which will introduce a new book from John Gastil and Katie Knobloch, Hope for Democracy. This free call takes place Tuesday, March 10th from 2-3 pm Eastern/11 am-12 pm Pacific. Register today to secure your spot.
01/25/2020
Congratulations to Dr. Katie Knobloch who has been working with Dr. John Gastil on this research for the past decade. We have gained immeasurable value from their in-depth longitudinal study of the Citizens' Initiative Review.
Congratulations to the CPD’s very own associate director Dr. Katie Knobloch on the publication of her book with John Gastil, Hope for Democracy. I’m thinking quite a few of us could use a little good news about democracy these days. Their book shows how when we rely on better processes of engagement, the public can clearly engage difficult issues well. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/hope-for-democracy-9780190084523?cc=us&lang=en&
01/23/2020
Do you trust your fellow citizens more than your leaders? A Swiss experiment bringing together a group of “normal” citizens to prepare an info sheet for February’s national vote has completed its first stage.
01/23/2020
Congratulations to one of the primary researchers of the Citizens' Initiative Review for the past decade.
12/20/2019
New book by the principle researchers of the Citizens' Initiative Review over the past decade.
Hope for Democracy: How Citizens Can Bring Reason Back into Politics Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them. Citizens feel shut out of politics and worry that politicians are no longer responsive to their interests. In Hope for Democracy, John Gastil and Katherine R. Knobloch introduce new tools for tamping down hype...
12/17/2019
More exposure for the Citizens' Initiative Review in national media. This is clearly a movement whose time has come.
From ancient Athens to the town hall: Can a new wave of deliberative democracy save the world? "Citizens' assemblies" and similar forms of ground-level democracy are suddenly everywhere. Can we all get along?
11/12/2019
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