Schweigert, Francis J.

Strengthening Citizenship Through Deliberative Polling [electronic resource] / Francis J. Schweigert. - pp. 19-39.

This article describes the experience and results of a deliberative poll on transportation priorities and funding, with particular attention to the power of the process to foster citizenship learning and engagement. Evidence from predeliberation and postdeliberation surveys, as well as direct observation of the deliberation day event, indicated that the process could be instituted as a regular means to expand the voice of citizens in public policy debates and to strengthen the formation of citizens in the moral and political habits of democratic self-governance.


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deliberative polling, deliberation, citizenship, transportation, democracy, common good

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