ABSTRACT

In deliberative democracy events, good process design and a positive participant experience are important not only for the quality of citizen recommendations, but also for effective and persuasive dissemination of the results to decision-makers and the public (Rowe and Frewer, 2000). However, dissemination has received far less attention than process design in both scholarly and practitioner discourses. As deliberative practices are increasingly taken up in countries that lack the clear institutional channels and supportive political cultures enjoyed in countries with more experience in this arena, a vigorous discourse on dissemination will become an important priority. Among the questions that warrant more attention are: What does effective dissemination look like? How is it achieved? How can organizers of deliberative processes plan for effective dissemination?