Public participation in the Scottish Parliament: Understanding the core principles of deliberative democracy and creating a framework for measuring impact …
This report is the result of a SPICe academic fellowship in which Dr Ruth Lightbody, Glasgow Caledonian University, responds to one of the recommendations from the 2022 Citizens' Panel on Public Participation in the Scottish Parliament, that the organisation ‘Build a strong evidence base for deliberative democracy to determine its effectiveness and develop a framework for measuring impact’. The work sets out core principles and a practice framework with several recommendations for the Parliament, and has been carried out in partnership with both the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) and the Scottish Parliament's Participation and Communities Team (PACT). …
19 Mar 2024