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58 - The Paris Citizens' Assembly

Real Democracy Now! a podcast answers the question: can we do democracy differently? If you're dissatisfied with the current state of democracy but not sure how it could be improved this is the podcast for you. You'll hear from experts and activists as well as everyday people about how democracy works and how it can be improved. Then you get to choose which reforms you think would make the most difference.

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58 - The Paris Citizens' Assembly

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48 - Bonus Ep5 Deliberation Culture Context - Arabella Lyon

Thu, 25 Jan 2018
47 - Bonus Ep4 Deliberation Culture Context - Vijayendra Rao

Wed, 10 Jan 2018
46 - Bonus Ep3 Deliberation Culture Context - Emmanuel Ani

Mon, 08 Jan 2018
45 - Bonus Ep2 Deliberation Culture Context - Melissa Williams

Tue, 02 Jan 2018
44 - Bonus Ep1 Deliberation Culture Context - Jensen Sass

Thu, 21 Dec 2017
43 - 3.4 Electoral reform with Dr Alan Renwick

Thu, 26 Oct 2017
42 - 3.3 Legislature by Lot with Professor John Gastil

Tue, 03 Oct 2017
41 - 3.2 Patterns of democracy with Prof Lijphart

Sun, 24 Sep 2017
40 - 3.1 Electoral Systems with Professor David Farrell

Sun, 17 Sep 2017
39 - 2.18 One change to democracy, part 4

Sun, 23 Jul 2017
38 - 2.17 Democracy and ethics with Dr Simon Longstaff

Sun, 16 Jul 2017
37 - 2.16 Democracy and capitalism with Professors Morlino Merkel Fung and Associate Professor Näsström

Wed, 12 Jul 2017
36 - 2.15 One change to democracy, part 3

Wed, 05 Jul 2017
35 - 2.Bonus Democratic deficit, a mismatch between expectations & performance plus challenges with Prof Pippa Norris

Mon, 26 Jun 2017
34 - 2.14 Citizen satisfaction with democracy with A/Prof Quinton Mayne

Mon, 19 Jun 2017
33 - 2.13 Democratic deficit , structural aspects with Professors Urbinati, Hindess, Merkel and Morlino plus Dr Fuller & A/Prof Isakhan

Tue, 13 Jun 2017
32 - 2.12 Democratic deficit, trust and stealth democracy with Professors Stoker, Warren, and Morlino

Thu, 08 Jun 2017
31 - 2.11 If you could change one thing about democracy, part 2

Thu, 01 Jun 2017
30 - 2.10 Monitory democracy with Professor John Keane

Mon, 22 May 2017
29 - 2.9 Representation and the Spirit of Democracy with Sofia Näsström

Sun, 14 May 2017
28 - 2.8 Pragmatic democracy and saving democracy with Professor Archon Fung

Sun, 07 May 2017
27 - 2.7 A problem-based approach to democratic theory with Professor Mark Warren

Sun, 30 Apr 2017
26 - 2.6 Democracy with adjectives, Jean-Paul Gagnon

Sun, 23 Apr 2017
25 - 2.5 If you could change one thing about democracy what would it be?

Mon, 17 Apr 2017
24 - 2.4 Non-Western democracy with Benjamin Isakhan & Zelalem Sirna

Mon, 10 Apr 2017
23 - 2.3 Evaluating representative democracy with Professors Morlino & Merkel & Assistant Professor Pemstein

Sun, 02 Apr 2017
22 - 2.2 From direct to representative democracy with Dr Roslyn Fuller and Professor Nadia Urbinati

Sun, 26 Mar 2017
21 - 2.1 Democracy in ancient Greece with Prof Paul Cartledge

Sun, 19 Mar 2017
20 - 1.19 Deliberative mini-publics - some critiques

Sun, 12 Feb 2017
19 - 1.18 Evaluating deliberative mini-publics

Sun, 29 Jan 2017
18 - 1.17 Participants in deliberative mini-publics

Sun, 22 Jan 2017
17 - 1.16 Deliberative Polling with Professor Fishkin

Sun, 15 Jan 2017
16 - 1.15 The G1000 in the Netherlands

Sun, 08 Jan 2017
15 - 1.14 The G1000 in Belgium

Sun, 01 Jan 2017
14 - 1.13 Deliberative mini-publics in the USA: AmericaSpeaks and the National Institute for Civil Discourse

Sun, 25 Dec 2016
13 - 1.12 Democracy in Practice: deliberative mini-publics in Bolivian schools

Sun, 18 Dec 2016
12 - 1.11 Facilitating deliberative mini-publics, more from Australia

Tue, 13 Dec 2016
11 - 1.10 Facilitating deliberative mini-publics: in Australia and the UK

Mon, 05 Dec 2016
10 - 1.9 The essence of a real democracy - some perspectives

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9 - 1.8 Designing & delivering deliberative mini-publics in the United Kingdom

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