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In spite of clear popular support, Iceland's new crowd-sourced constitution was recently killed by politicians. An ex-member of the constitutional council sheds some light on what happened - and why there might still be some hope for this unique experiment. (Thorvaldur Gylfason)
This Saturday, a year after a Constitutional Council has written a draft constitution with the help of citizens, voters agreed this draft should be the basis for a new constitution. This writing experiment stands out for its surprisingly democratic process, but a closer look reveals some of its limitations. (Giulia Dessi)
N. Boyd, and D. Bright. Journal of community psychology, 35 (8):
1019-1036(November 2007)M3: Article; Boyd, Neil M. 1 Bright, David S. 2; Affiliations: 1: Lycoming College 2: Wright State University; Source Information: Nov2007, Vol. 35 Issue 8, p1019; Subject Term: APPRECIATIVE inquiry; Subject Term: COMMUNITY psychology; Subject Term: SOCIAL change; Subject Term: SOCIAL movements; Subject Term: ACTION research; Subject Term: SOCIAL action; Subject Term: ACTIVISM; Subject Term: PARTICIPATION; Number of Pages: 18p; Illustrations: 2 charts; Document Type: Article.
S. Bryant, A. Forte, and A. Bruckman. GROUP '05: Proceedings of the 2005 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work, page 1--10. New York, NY, USA, ACM Press, (2005)
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