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Common Goals, Different Approaches: How Five Cities Reimagined Their Public Spaces
"The disparate approaches chosen by the five cities… show clearly that there’s no simple right or wrong answer to the question of how to create a better civic commons. Instead, they offer different lessons for further efforts… to create a more sustainable and more integrated urban landscape in the future" (Wiener, 2019).
Data in Government
"The massive proliferation of data has fundamentally changed the systems of modern governance and development… This paper outlines how governments can harness data to advance their agendas and meet changing citizen expectations surround service delivery and technology" (Institute for State Effectiveness, 2019).
Community Driven Development Series Introduction
"Policymakers and the international community struggle with how to deliver essential services in the context of violent conflict... Community Driven Development (CDD)… has been utilized as a tool to address these complex issues… This series draws on the experience of ISE’s analysts and CDD practitioners and will tackle challenges and explore emerging trends on the “next generation” of CDD" (Institute for State Effectiveness, 2019).
Does increased ‘participation’ equal a new-found enthusiasm for democracy?
"2019 doesn't appear to be the year of a great global turnaround for democracy. Yet, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) also found a considerable increase in political participation worldwide. Though this development could give cause for optimism we believe it could also raise new concerns" (King and Nicol, 2019).
Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, Vol. XII
This volume is a sample of the Brennan Center's work on all fronts in the fight for democracy and justice in 2018. (Brennan Center, 2019)
Who Influences whom in the policy arena? Statisticians seek greater voice
“Propelled by national demand for greater access to and control over Big Data, panelists at the seminar on financing data and statistics side event were asked how National Statistical Offices (NSOs) could be better supported in “their institutional transformation from producers of statistics to data stewards.” (Adams and Judd, 2019).
Raising Their Voices: How Effective are Pro-Youth Laws and Policies?
This report analyzes “the effect on youth engagement of four specific pro-youth legal and political mechanisms: national youth policy strategies, reducing minimum ages for voting and candidacy, youth quotas, and political party youth wings” (CEPPS 2019).
Raising their voices: How effective are pro-youth laws and policies?
"There is little research on whether pro-youth mechanisms actually improve youth engagement. This report begins to fill that gap by analyzing the effect on youth engagement of four specific pro-youth legal and political mechanisms: national youth policy strategies, reducing minimum ages for voting and candidacy, youth quotas, political party youth wings" (CEPPS, 2019).
Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape
This report demonstrates “deep polarization and growing tribalism” in the U.S. and both “shows that this polarization is rooted in something deeper than political opinions and disagreements” and “that 77 percent of Americans believe our differences are not so great that we cannot come together” (Yudkin et al., 2019).
Youth Leading Debate: Program and Instruction Manuals
"NDI developed the “Youth Leading Debate” program to provide young people with an opportunity to learn the art of competitive debate and develop practical political leadership skills. This manual aims to serve as a resource for developing youth debate programs and supporting young people..." (National Democratic Institute, 2019).
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