Engagement and Democracy

Great post by Matt Leighninger, director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, on the question, “How should we improve democracy?”, with myriad resources and links such as:

• “Democracy, Growing Up,” Where Is Democracy Headed?, Funding and Fostering Local Democracy, and Democracy as Problem Solving? The core principles underpinning these projects are described here.


• “Promising Practices in Online Engagement” categorizes different online projects, and “Sidewalks for Democracy Online.”


• Empowered Participation


• The Promise and Challenge of Neighborhood Democracy.


• Involve


• “Deliberative Democracy and the Problem of Power”


• “Strengthening Our Nation’s Democracy”


• Youth engagement and the role of higher ed.