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1.11 Facilitating deliberative mini-publics, more from Australia

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Release Date: 12/13/2016

The Paris Citizens' Assembly show art The Paris Citizens' Assembly

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In this episode, I talk with Anouch Toranian, the Deputy Mayor of Paris, Yves Dejaeghere, the Executive Director of the Federation for Innovation in Democracy, Europe and Claudia Chwalisz, leader of innovation in citizen engagement with the OECD about the design and establishment of the Paris Citizens' Assembly.

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3.8 New Zealand's Electoral System with Therese Arseneau show art 3.8 New Zealand's Electoral System with Therese Arseneau

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I'm speaking with Therese Arseneau about the introduction of a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system. Therese talks about the background to the referendum which led to the introduction of MMP in New Zealand [1:20], how voters view the impact of MMP [13:20], the reality of MMP and coalition governments [21:20], the impact of MMP on women's representation [28:10], its wider impact [34:00] and Maori representation generally and the impact of MMP [39:30].

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3.7 Electoral systems in Australia with Antony Green show art 3.7 Electoral systems in Australia with Antony Green

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In this episode, I’m talking with Antony Green about the Australian electoral system and Vote Compass, a tool which allows voters to explore how their views align with the major parties.

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3.6 Reforming democracy, democratic legitimacy and majority bonuses with Dr Camille Bedock show art 3.6 Reforming democracy, democratic legitimacy and majority bonuses with Dr Camille Bedock

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In this episode, I’m talking with Dr Camille Bedock about her book Reforming Democracy: Institutional engineering in Western Europe, 1990 - 2010 and also about her more recent research with Sophie Panel on citizen conceptions of how democratic their democracy is and with Nicolas Sauger on how electoral systems with majority bonuses affect electoral competition.

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3.5 Electoral Integrity with Pippa Norris show art 3.5 Electoral Integrity with Pippa Norris

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In this episode, I am speaking with Professor Pippa Norris about her work on electoral integrity. 

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Bonus Ep10 Deliberation Culture Context - John Dryzek show art Bonus Ep10 Deliberation Culture Context - John Dryzek

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In this episode, I’m speaking with Professor John Dryzek about his ARC Laureate Fellowship, his reflections on the Conference generally, how we might establish global deliberative processes and directions for future research in this area.

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Bonus Ep9 Deliberation Culture Context - Quinlan Bowman show art Bonus Ep9 Deliberation Culture Context - Quinlan Bowman

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In this episode, I’m speaking with Dr Quinlan Bowman about his reflections on the Conference Deliberation, Culture and Context.

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Bonus Ep8 Deliberation Culture Context - John Parkinson show art Bonus Ep8 Deliberation Culture Context - John Parkinson

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In this episode, I’m speaking with Professor John Parkinson, who is currently a Professor of Social and Political Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

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Bonus Ep7 Deliberation Culture Context - Ian O'Flynn show art Bonus Ep7 Deliberation Culture Context - Ian O'Flynn

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In this bonus episode I’m speaking with Dr Ian O'Flynn about his work on deliberation in divided societies. 

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Bonus Ep6 Deliberation Culture Context - Stephanie Lawson show art Bonus Ep6 Deliberation Culture Context - Stephanie Lawson

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In bonus episode 6 I’m speaking with Professor Stephanie Lawson, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the Macquarie University about her paper ‘Consensus Politics and Democracy in the Pacific Islands: A Critique’ which she presented at the Deliberation, Culture and Context conference.

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In this episode I speak with three Australian facilitators: 
  1. Keith Greaves, co-founder of Mosaic Lab, a Victorian based company focused on improving democracy through discussion and dialogue (@ 1.11).
  2. Lucy Cole-Edelstein, Director of Straight Talk, a NSW based company specialising in helping people understand each other (@16.36) and
  3. Max Hardy, Principal at Max Hardy Consulting, based in Victoria and works with leaders and organisations to achieve results through collaboration (@44.40).

Each of these facilitators has over 20 years experience working with communities and all of them are award winning facilitators of deliberative mini-publics. 

Because deliberative mini-publics are so popular at the moment here in Australia there is a growing demand for facilitators who are skilled in managing these processes. I asked each of these facilitators a series of questions and whilst they take a similar view on many things they each have their own unique take on others. 
 
In the next episode of Real Democracy Now! a podcast I talk with Adam Cronkright from Democracy in Practice about how they use of random selection and deliberation in their work with school students and school councils in Bolivia. I hope you will join me for this episode.