Seeing the CIR in the larger context of democratic reform

With Hollie Russon-Gilman, a colleague at the New America Foundation, John Gastil wrote an essay for the Washington Post online on February 19, 2016 entitled, “These civic experiments are getting citizens more involved in governing themselves.” In the essay, the authors argue that bringing the public back into the business of government can yield not only better public policy but also, potentially, more public confidence in...

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