Rich Wilson is a democracy renewal specialist and adviser who has led hundreds of deliberative democracy processes.
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Defibrillating democracy
In case you’ve not come across citizens’ assemblies, they are gatherings of people (usually 100-150), selected to be a true snapshot of the place in question (say, a country or city) based on demographic criteria such as gender, age, income and education level.
April 12, 2021