Graham Smith is Professor of Politics at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster. His research focuses on democratic theory and practice. He is a board member of Participedia and the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionScrutiny and citizens’ assemblies: a missing piece of the democratic puzzle?The judgements of citizens’ assemblies could have profound effects on our politics. But will our politics allow it?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Citizens assembly: towards a politics of ‘considered judgement’. Part 2In itself, having a new constitution doesn’t heal a country. But we have all sorts of different deliberative models...
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Published in: HomeCitizens assembly: towards a politics of ‘considered judgement’Experts in deliberative democracy have been working across the world for around twenty years. Now, all of a sudden,...
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Published in: HomeThe problem with politicians and democracy…"Opening up new forms of political participation to hear the voices of the politically marginalised is critical for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKExperimenting with citizens’ assemblies in the UKTwo experimental citizens' assemblies in Sheffield and Southampton, starting this month, show the way forward for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCitizens should have the power to call constitutional conventionsWhile the questions of who participates and on what topics are critical, I want to throw open a different kind of...