Polity Atlas
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Hope for Democracy: How Citizens Can Bring Reason Back into Politics

John Gastil; Katherine R. Knobloch · Oxford University Press · 2020

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Book
Author
John Gastil; Katherine R. Knobloch
Identifier
DOI 10.1093/oso/9780190084523.001.0001
Accessed
2026-09-01

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TheoryEvaluations found that the Oregon review met a reasonable standard for democratic deliberation and that voters who read the panel's Citizens' Statement made better-informed decisions.EstablishedEach review gathers a randomly selected group of about twenty voters, balanced to reflect the state's demographic and political diversity, who question advocates, opponents and experts and distil what they learn into a one-page analysis for the official voters' pamphlet.