Julia Gillard's Citizens' Assembly Proposal for Australia: A Deliberative Democratic Analysis

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-178

  Boswell, John ^a   Niemeyer, Simon ^a   Hendriks, Carolyn M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; citizen engagement; citizens' assemblies; deliberative democracy; deliberative designs; public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879643061     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2013.786675     Document Type: Article

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