No, this is not a post about the comparative weighing of a few well-aged malts. The title should really be Scottish deliberation.
As the manoeuvring and positioning of those who aspire to shape civic Scotland and public opinion on constitutional matters begins in earnest; with the Independence Convention, the Constitutional Commission, YouScotland and others, preparing ‘official launch’ events in the coming weeks and months, perhaps we should be asking more profound questions about the nature of democratic participation....So what might this mean in practice as opposed to simply in the pages of journals of political theory? Well, one oft-quoted example is that of Fishkin’s Deliberative PollingTM which actually might well be of real value in exploring Scotland’s constitutional future. It has already been used in Australia to debate whether or not that country should become a republic and in a number of other countries, including the UK. A major new Europe-wide event is planned for later this year.
You can read it all at Scottish Futures.
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