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Taking Democracy to Scale

Large Scale Interventions—for Citizens

Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer

Steven Brigham

America Speaks

This article explores the large-scale work of America Speaks in the public sector, engaging citizens in 21st Century Town Meetings in decisions that impact their lives. It first reviews the differences in practicing large group work in broader social systems versus more bounded organizational systems. It also reviews the core dimensions and principles of the AmericaSpeaks model followed by an examination of the use of these town meetings in land use planning, resource allocation, and policy formulation projects. Finally, the authors describe AmericaSpeaks’sintent to institutionalize the practice of national discussions on critical policy issues and highlight the work of other deliberative democracy practitioners over the past decade locally, regionally, nationally, and abroad.

Key Words: town meeting • deliberative democracy • 21st Century Town Meeting • America Speaks • Listening to the City • Citizen Summits

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 41, No. 1, 47-60 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0021886304272656
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