#democracy #research #participation #governance #inequalities #deliberation #polsci #demopart #dachshunds Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Edinburgh University
Jun 17, 2019 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Some of my initial thoughts on this, a wee #thread: This is a momentous announcement - a potential milestone for democratic innovation in Scotland. But as ever, the devil will be in the detail of how this temporary institution will be set up 1/?
Its legitimacy & effectiveness depends on various factors. I will focus on 3. Firstly, how will the broader public be included in the conversation? For example, there could be an online crowdsourcing platform to feed evidence and arguments at various stages of the assembly. 2/?
