Ireland has become something of a trail-blazer in the use of deliberative methods in the
process of constitutional review. It is the first case in which the process has been employed a …

The Lawrence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute
for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations …

Among democratic innovations, deliberative mini-publics, that is panels of randomly
selected citizens tasked to make recommendations about public policies, have been …

On 22 May 2015 the marriage referendum proposal was passed by a large majority of Irish
voters and the definition of marriage in the constitution was broadened to introduce marriage …

This note introduces the POLITICIZE dataset which contains information on the
characteristics of 105 Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) that took place in Europe between …

Despite their multiplication over the last 15 years, studies on the support for assemblies
composed of citizens selected by lot are rare and the few that exist analyse citizens' attitudes …

For deliberative democrats, the strength of any democracy is public deliberation, the
frequent and reasoned discussion between citizens on political issues. Despite all the …

MPs face a dilemma when it comes to deliberative mini-publics (DMPs): in a context of
distrust, they may see it as an opportunity to re-legitimize themselves and solve complex …

The Constitutional Convention was established by the Irish government in 2012. It was
tasked with making recommendations on a number of constitutional reform proposals. As a …

Randomly selected deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) are on the rise globally. However, they
remain ad hoc, opening the door to arbitrary manoeuvre and triggering a debate on their …