Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group: report
Recommends how the Scottish Government's ambition for change can be delivered to make Scotland’s democracy more participative and inclusive, and proposes next steps as it incorporates processes for participatory and deliberative democracy into the democratic system.
Footnotes
1. References: Curato, N.; Farrell, D.M.; Geißel, B.; Grönlund, K.; Mockler, P.; Pilet, J.-B.; Renwick, A.; Rose, J.; Setälä, M.; and Suiter, J. (2021) Deliberative Mini-Publics: Core Design Features. Bristol University Press: Bristol, UK.
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Elstub, S. & Escobar, O. (2019) 'Defining and Typologising Democratic Innovations', in Elstub, S. & Escobar, O. The Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
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Schmidt and Aitken, (2022), Citizens' Assemblies - an international comparison, Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) Briefing, (available at: https://sp-bpr-en-prod-cdnep.azureedge.net/published/2022/2/1/12a76138-5174-11ea-8828-000d3a23af40/SB%2022-07.pdf )
3. Scottish Government, Children's Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment guidance
4. Scottish Government, A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Programme for Government 2021-22, page 106
5. Scottish Government, Covid Recovery Strategy: for a fairer future
6. Scottish Government, Commitment to future Citizens' Assemblies
7. Scottish Government, Future of Participatory Budgeting in Scotland: framework
8. Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), Are citizens' assemblies in Scotland "here to stay"?
10. Audit Scotland, Principles for community empowerment
11. See: Escobar, O., Morton, S., Lightbody, R., & Seditas, K. (2017). Hard to reach or easy to ignore: Promoting equality in community engagement. What Works Scotland., Glasgow Disability Alliance; 2019
12. Scottish Government, Embedding human rights in our work
13. Scottish Community Development Centre, National Standards for Community Engagement
14. Scottish Government, Social Security Experience Panels: publications
15. Scottish Government, Covid Recovery Strategy: for a fairer future
16. RSE post-Covid 19 Futures Commission: Coming Out of Covid-19: Reimagining Scotland
17. Doing Politics Differently: the report of the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland
18. Report: Christie Commission on the future delivery of public services
19. COSLA, Blueprint for Local Government
20. Electoral Reform Society, Democracy Max: A Vision for a Good Scottish Democracy
21. The Jimmy Reid Foundation, Government By The People
22. COSLA, Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy, Effective Democracy: Connecting With Communities
23. Inclusion Scotland, People-Led Policy Panel (Adult Social Care Support)
24. Scottish Recovery Network, What makes engagement meaningful?
25. A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Programme for Government 2021-22 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
26. Royal Society of Edinburgh Post-Covid Futures Commission, (2021) Coming out of Covid-19: Reimagining Scotland, 202110_Covid-Commission-Report_04-REPORT.pdf (rsecovidcommission.org.uk) p. 9
27. European Commission, Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy
28. Scottish Government, Citizens' Assembly of Scotland: research report
29. We note that a centre for expertise in democratic innovation in Scotland has previously been called for in the final report from the COSLA Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy (2014) and the post-Covid recovery report by Royal Society of Edinburgh (2021)
30. See supporting document: Values, Principles and Standards for Participation, Democratic Innovations and Citizens' Assemblies
31. OECD, Eight Ways to Institutionalise Deliberative Democracy
32. OECD, Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions: Catching the Deliberative Wave, OECD, Eight Ways to Institutionalise Deliberative Democracy
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