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The State of Digital Public Engagement
As part of the joint mySociety and Democratic Society project Public Square - this literature review p"rovides an overview of current academic research into the themes relevant to the goal of developing a meaningful, participative and collaborative digital environment, and "draws out salient points to inform the development of tools and approaches to be created as part of the project" (Rumbul 2019).
Digital tools for democratic participation
This new report examines the role digital tools can have in helping democratic participation in local government - and the obstacles to success. "As a companion paper to a review of current academic research in this area, this report examines how digital tools can be used by local authorities" (Parsons, Rumbul, and Brook, 2019).
Freedom of Information in Local Government
"Freedom of information is a significant legal instrument in the UK… While central government Freedom of Information (FOI) statistics are well covered… there is no equivalent picture for local government. The goal of this research was to construct a more detailed picture of FOI at the local level…" (Parsons and Rumbul, 2019).
Evidence Based Policy Research Project 2019
“This research project was commissioned ‘to coax more evidence-based policy decisions by all tiers of Government by reviewing and rating 20 high profile government decisions against the Wiltshire business case criteria’” (Lesh, 2019).
Center for Economic and Social Reports 2019 Annual Report
The report highlights ways various ways our worked tackled inequality: exposing its fiscal roots, sharing skills to analyze it, strengthening collaborations to challenge it, and fostering commitments to reduce it. In particular, it describes our in-depth research showing how unjust fiscal policies fuel inequality and deprive people of their basic rights—in Ecuador, Egypt, Peru and South Africa.
Dismantling the Dogmas of Austerity and Fiscal Injustice in Latin America
"Crucially, the briefing argues that clawing back the fiscal resources lost to corruption, tax evasion and avoidance, and illicit financial flows would contribute significantly to closing the gap in financing required to address complex problems such as poverty, climate change and compliance with the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."
Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Journalism: What Funders Can Do
The failure of newsrooms to fully reflect their communities, to build a culture of inclusion that supports and retains diverse staff, and to foster equitable models of reporting that reflect the truth of people’s lived experiences is undermining trust in media and risking the sustainability of the press...Funders must therefore urgently refocus their efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as the right thing to do, both morally and strategically" (Polyak and Donnelly, 2019).
A Human and Constitutional Right to a Quality Public Education: Looking Ahead in the Struggle for the Rights of Teachers, Parents, and Students
The authors use the Declaration of Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution as a lens through which they examine how to ensure quality education and labor protections as fundamental human rights, why ensuring those rights is necessary, and how these protections can bring change and justice to classrooms.
The 2019 Berggruen Governance Index
"The 2019 Berggruen Governance Index evaluates countries on the basis of their quality of political governance. To do this, the Index disaggregates governance into three key components: Quality of Democracy (Inputs), Quality of Government (Throughputs) and Quality of Life (Outputs)." (Berggruen Institute, 2019)
Education for Preventing Violent Extremism
This report “presents key recommendations, challenges, actionable solutions, and practical examples for policymakers to implement appropriate educational approaches to preventing violent extremism (PVE) in the formal education setting” and “seeks to integrate informal education” and suggest ways “the formal education sector and informal education overlap” (Club de Madrid, 2019).
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