Tag: Peter MacLeod

Policymakers should be equipped with the tools, knowledge and best practice to expand deliberative dialogue in the UK

Policymakers should be equipped with the tools, knowledge and best practice to expand deliberative dialogue in the UK

Democratic Audit recently carried a piece (via Policy Network) by Peter MacLeod, in which he showed the benefits of deliberative democracy based on developments in the Canadian polity. Here, Involve’s Reema Patel argues the UK also does well in this regard, and that there are various projects, developments, and policies which must be taken into […]

The Canadian experience shows the benefits of embracing deliberative democracy

The Canadian experience shows the benefits of embracing deliberative democracy

Canada shares a number of political and cultural characteristics with the UK, not least its Westminster system of government. Despite this, the North American country is streets ahead of the UK when it comes to the quality of its democracy, and as Peter MacLeod argues in this Policy Network repost, it has become something of […]