Articles

Discussion Papers on Approaches to Consultation - The Honourable Hedy Fry, Secretary of State for Status of Women, Government of Canada.
Version francaise.

Power to the People: The Role of Electronic Media in Promoting Democrary in Africa - Dana Ott

Civic Nutrition, Citizen Empowerment and Civil Communities - Mary E. Guy

Why is People's Political Participation Important? - Peter Bearse

What's the Problem? The Grass Roots are Drying Up - Peter Bearse

Prescriptions: Rebuilding the American Political Community from the Ground Up - Peter Bearse

Wired Government: Information Technology, External Public Organizations, and Cyberdemocracy - Jason Hansen Alexander and Joseph W. Grubbs

A Wired Agora: Minneapolis, Citizen Participation, the Internet and Squirrels - Steven Clift

21st Century Community Focus : Better Results by Linking Citizens, Government, and Performance Measurement - Martha Marshall, Lyle Wray, Paul Epstein, Stuart Grifel

Civic Networks: Building Community on the Net - Scott London

Teledemocracy vs. Deliberative Democracy: A Comparative Look at Two Models of Public Talk - Scott London

Engaging Citizens in Foreign Policy - Jacquie Dale, Phillip Haid, Rieky Stuart

Parliament, Politics and Citizens: A Conversation with Bob Rae - The Institute On Governance

The Democratization of Systems of Public Opinion Formation - G.Scott Aikens

Democracy is Online - Steven Clift

Building Citizen-based Electronic Democracy Efforts - Steven Clift

Why Can't They Be Like We Were?: Understanding the Generation Gap in Participation - Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, et all.

Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital - Robert D. Putnam

The Strange Disappearance of Civic America - Robert D. Putnam

Online Governance: Will it Make States and Localities More Responsive? - Tod Newcombe

Virtual Town Halls: Using Computer Networks to Improve Public Discourse and Facilitate Service Delivery - Vincent Casaregola and Robert A. Cropf

Making Democracy Work: participation and politics in Northern Ireland - Robin Wilson

Citizen Engagement in Conflict Resolution -
Janice Gross Stein and David Cameron

Reports

Electronic Democracy and Environmental Governance: a Survey of the States from researchers at Resources for the Future (a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank located in Washington, DC)

Citizens and Governance: Civil Society in the New Millennium - The Commonwealth Foundation

Code of practice on written consultation - UK Cabinet Office

Main Points and Full Text of Chapter 2: Sustainable Development Strategy Consultations - 1999 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Canada

Sloan Report - Minnesota Citizens League

Politics: The Next Generation - Democratic Dialogue

Power, Politics, Positioning Women in Northern Ireland - Democratic Dialogue

OECD Citizen Engagement Study

Re-Focusing the Lens: Assessing the Challenge of Youth Involvement in Public Policy - The Institute On Governance

We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This - 36 Ways to Encourage Civic Participation - Toronto Healthy City Office Conference Report

A Voice for All: Engaging Canadians for Change - The Institute On Governance

Framework for Citizen Participation in the City of Toronto - Toronto Healthy City Office

IOG Citizen Engagement Round Table Series

1. Deliberative Polling

2. Royal Commissions and Task Forces

3. Revitalizing the Political Process

4. Media and Citizen Engagement - Civic Journalism

5. Technology, Democracy and the Development of Public Policy

6. The Saskatchewan Experience with Public Consultation

7. The Social Security Review and the Aboriginal Claims Process in BC

Speeches

Inaugural Lafontaine-Baldwin Lecture - John Ralston Saul

Eighteen Propositions for Citizen Engagement - Daniel Yankelovich

Citizen Engagement: A New Challenge for Governments - Judith Maxwell

Citizen Engagement and the Public Service - Jocelyne Bourgon

The People's Representatives - Hon. Andy Scott, Member of Parliament (Canada)

Speech on Citizen Engagement to Agency Heads - Bob Giroux

Presentations

Citizen Engagement in Action: Discovering the Society we want through Public Dialogue - Presentation by CPRN to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, February 9, 1999.

Presentation by the Institute On Governance on Citizen Participation to Transport Canada, March 22, 1999.

Rethinking Citizen Engagement - Presentation by EKOS to the IOG Citizen Engagement Conference, October 27, 1998

Case Studies

Democratic Planning: Civic Assemblies in Thailand - Ratana Tosakul Boonmathya

Grassroots Governance Initiatives: Experiences from Rural Thailand - Opart Panya

Sustainable Penang Initiative: Case Study of a Community and Sustainability Indicator Project - Chan Chee Khoon, Leong Yueh Kwong, Tan Pek Leng & Evelyn Teng

Establishment of Vietnam Business Council- Nguyen Van Hai

Engaging Communities in Waste Management: A Holistic and Integrated Approach to Solid Waste Management in Guimaras, Philippines - Elmer H. Lighid and Francis Gentoral

Eco-Walk: Environmental Awareness Program for School Children in Baguio City, Philippines - Myrna Javonillo Alejo

A History of Minnesota Electronic Democracy 1994 - G. Scott Aikens

The National Forum on Climate Change
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Irish Civic Forum
Democratic Dialogue

Newsletter/Newspaper articles

Public Deliberation Newsletter - The Canadian Council for International Co-operation

Stop the nabobs of negativism (Ottawa Citizen, April 13, 1999) - Mark Schacter, IOG

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Newsletter