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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 3h

JoP early view: Brennan and Freiman on "Political Speech for Democratic Realists." www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Political Speech for Democratic Realists | The Journal of Politics

This article considers how recent and classic work on political behavior, from the Michigan model and the related democratic realist schools, bear on philosophical issues of political speech. We argue...

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 1d

Latest BJPolS: Stocker et al. on "Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times - Volume 55

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 5d

Deliberation as an instrument of foreign policy? (Seemingly not any longer in the US.)

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Unilateral Disarmament

America Surrenders in the Information Wars

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Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social · 8d

🗓️ 🗞️ October newsletter from the Citizen Participation Network, including a book launch event, webinars, awards, a demonstration, an invitation to tender and opportunities to learn & share your work on #Democracy #DemocraticInnovation #Participation

📌 Available 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 10d

PubAmin early view: van Twist on "Dialogue of the Deaf: How Deliberation With Discontented Citizens May Hopelessly Fail." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Dialogue of the Deaf: How Deliberation With Discontented Citizens May Hopelessly Fail

Governments employ public deliberation in response to citizen discontent, intending to achieve consensus, mutual understanding, and clarification. However, some studies suggest that deliberation can ....

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 11d

CRISPP early view: Latorre on "Deliberative democracy and freedom as non-domination in the politics of becoming." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Deliberative democracy and freedom as non-domination in the politics of becoming

The Politics of Becoming: Anonymity and Democracy in the Digital Age advances democratic theory by exploring how digital spaces enable identity exploration and self-transformation. Asenbaum views t...

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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 13d

In a time when democratic values are increasingly under strain, #HateSpeech has emerged as one of the most pressing threats to democratic societies around the world, writes the @glodemcoalition.bsky.social's Nicolette Karina Kalfas. ⬇️ www.idea.int/news/when-wo...

When words become weapons: How hate speech threatens democracy

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 14d

I heard this interview this morning -- it was utterly hopeless. You can't simply let someone say they have 'no idea'. I've no idea about gravity, but I know someone who does.

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Farage refuses to criticise Trump over paracetamol despite health experts dismissing autism claims

Reform UK leader says he has ‘no idea’ if US president is right to tell women to avoid drug during pregnancy

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 15d

What's going on at the BBC? While this 👇 is spot on, much of the time the corporation is so desperate to be impartial that it lets the reader down.

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Why Trump's views on vaccines and paracetamol risk child health

The public relies on measured, careful statements rooted in robust scientific research, not conjecture.

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 15d

Your regular reminder not to confuse deliberation with deliberative democracy.

You can probably find deliberation anywhere you choose to look for it. We shouldn't get too excited about that. DD, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter.

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Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam

Involving those most affected by climate change in adaptation governance is crucial for procedural justice, legitimacy, and effectiveness. Empirical evidence indicates that democracies tend to perf...

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 15d

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point

How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 17d

Latest JDD: Herne et al. on "Can Organized Deliberation Reduce Confirmation Bias?" delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

Can Organized Deliberation Reduce Confirmation Bias?

This article explores the potential of deliberative mini-publics for reducing confirmation bias, that is, the tendency to seek out information that confirms existing views over information that contra...

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 18d

Interesting discussion. Pity she ruins it by attempting to pull the old "what we need is a citizens' assembly/rabbit out of a hat" trick at the very end.

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Una Mullally: Irish authoritarianism is part of our society now

A Citizens’ Assembly could be one way to tackle the scourge of political and racist violence

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 19d

Constellations early view: Verovšek on "Rebuilding the Frankfurt School's Bridge From Theory to Practice: Jürgen Habermas's Rehabilitation of Critical Theory." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Rebuilding the Frankfurt School's Bridge From Theory to Practice: Jürgen Habermas's Rehabilitation of Critical Theory

Click on the article title to read more.

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 20d

Latest POQ: Ferreira and Daoust on "To Report or Not to Report? A Qualitative Analysis of Journalists’ Perspectives on Harm to Public Opinion." academic.oup.com/poq/article/...

To Report or Not to Report? A Qualitative Analysis of Journalists’ Perspectives on Harm to Public Opinion

Abstract. Journalists face intricate decisions regarding what to publish, especially when problematic content may impact public opinion in a way that could

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20d

All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 20d

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 21d

I've always found this sort of argument to be a little odd. Public awareness of, or interest in, CAs is low. Yet, when asked, people say they are, or would be, supportive ("Oh, oh, yeah, sounds like a good idea, sure.")

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Climate assemblies and the public: An analysis of UK cases

Climate assemblies (CAs) are being increasingly used to engage citizens in climate change policy making. Consequently, their design and operation are …

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 21d

Along similar lines from a few years ago:

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A quarter of the electorate are not represented in NZ’s Parliament: What should we do? - Trust Democracy NZ

What would be the impact of representing people who did not vote with randomly selected members of the public in New Zealand's parliament?

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 21d

Latest Perspectives on Politics: Häggrot and Destri on "Proportional Non-Voter Sortition: Legislative Inclusion for Non-Voting Citizens." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Proportional Non-Voter Sortition: Legislative Inclusion for Non-Voting Citizens | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

Proportional Non-Voter Sortition: Legislative Inclusion for Non-Voting Citizens - Volume 23 Issue 3

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 21d

Has two important voting ideas to his credit: the Condorcet paradox and the Condorcet theorem. Thank you for this post @drannaclark.bsky.social

Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 21d

Nicolas de Condorcet, French Enlightenment philosopher, political economist, mathematician, born #OTD 1743; protégé of Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, published landmark work on probability in 1785; reformer, champion of constitutional government, public education & equal rights.
Château de Versailles

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 24d

Happy to see this out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social !

➜ doi.org/10.1080/1350...

The paper asks why the European Commission @ec.europa.eu increasingly sponsors participatory innovations – such as the European Citizens' Panels – although their strategic and functional value remains elusive

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 22d

"These findings confirm that migration is related to the sense of competence in understanding politics and accessing political institutions, but they contradict the positive relationship between political efficacy and participation as found in democracies."

I bet they do.

Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 22d

How does internal migration affect political life in autocracies? Yuequan Guo & Jiannan Zhao examine how returning migrants in China show higher political efficacy & shifted forms of participation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/41ytiiP

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 22d

how britain will be welcoming trump this week
“trump loves making history, so on wednesday channel 4 will do just that.”
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Channel 4 to Mark Trump’s U.K. Visit With “Longest Uninterrupted Reel of Untruths Ever Broadcast on Television”

'Trump v the Truth' will run for several hours on Sept. 17 and is set to be punctuated by "brief text-based fact-checks."

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 29d

Latest PonP: Mitchell Elder et al. on "Race, Voice, and Authority in Discussion Groups." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Race, Voice, and Authority in Discussion Groups | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

Race, Voice, and Authority in Discussion Groups - Volume 23 Issue 3

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