Reaching Out to Overcome Political Apathy: Building Participatory Capacity through Deliberative Engagement

摘要: A common objection against deliberative democracy relates to the impression that citizens, in general, are unwilling participate democratic politics. We contribute growing literature challenges this by analyzing discursive profile of citizens deliberation. By profile, we refer participants' own perceived role process and their articulated motivations for joining a forum. find those who turned up face-to-face deliberation tend be less cynical toward Moreover, based on expressed participating, it can inferred linking forum decision makers provided an initial hook participants. However, changed as participants completed process. At end deliberations, appreciation itself ended being most resonant sentiment. These findings both quantitative qualitative analyses data gathered from Australia's First Citizens' Parliament. Related Articles McBeth, Mark K., Donna L. Lybecker, Kacee A. Garner. 2010. “The Story Good Citizenship: Framing Public Policy Context Duty-Based versus Engaged Citizenship.” Politics & 38 (1): 1-23. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00226.x/abstract Crowley, Kate. 2009. “Can Deliberative Democracy Be Practiced? Subnational Pathway.” 37 (5): 995-1021. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00208.x/abstract Stephan, Mark. 2004. “Citizens Representatives: Bridging Democratic Theory Divides.” 32 118-135. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2004.tb00178.x/abstract Related Media Film: Parliament. NewDemocracy. Canberra. February. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOoQwpJdrE Data Discussion Centre Global Governance. 2013. Australian National University. http://deliberativedemocracy.anu.edu.au/ Una objecion comun en contra de la democracia deliberativa es que los ciudadanos parecen estar indispuestos participar politica democratica. En este articulo contribuimos creciente literatura cuestiona tal impresion mediante un analisis del perfil discursivo participan procesos deliberacion. Entendemos por discusivo, percepcion tienen su propio papel como participantes el proceso democratico y sus motivaciones para sumarse foro deliberativo. Encontramos aquellos deliberan cara tienden ser menos cinicos hacia politica. Mas aun, basados las han expresado deliberantes, inferimos vinculacion deliberativo con tomadores decisiones sirvio inicialmente enganchar interes participantes. No obstante, nuestras observaciones, nivel involucramiento cambio medida completaron proceso. Al culminar deliberaciones expresaron aprecio mismo, siendo sentimiento mas relevante nuestro estudio. Estos hallazgos estan cuantitativo cualitativo datos disponibles Primer Parlamento Ciudadano Australia.