Dear readers,
There is now a growing number of successful formats for citizen participation at the national level. Citizens discuss controversial social issues and influence their country's policies.
One example is the Citizens' Convention on the End of Life in France. 184 randomly selected French citizens debated changes to the law on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
What did the citizens decide? Should the laws be changed? And what lessons can be learned from this convention? Our Shortcut 11 gives an insight into this recent example of citizen participation in national legislation.
The SHORTCUT series presents interesting approaches, methods and examples for solving democratic challenges in a concise and clear way. This issue is published in English, French and German.
We wish you an interesting reading,
Dr Dominik Hierlemann, Anna Renkamp, Prof Dr Robert Vehrkamp
Click here to read the SHORTCUT online
|