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Public Thinking about Democracy’s Challenge: Reclaiming the Public’s Role...
This 52-page report presents an analysis based on National Issues Forums (NIF) that were held during 2005 and 2006 using the issue discussion guide titled Democracy’s Challenge: Reclaiming the Public’s...
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Public Thinking About The New Challenges of American Immigration (NIF Report)
This report, an analysis of results from the 2003-2005 National Issues Forums, presents an examination of people’s thinking as they deliberated together in public forums using the issue discussion...
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Public Thinking About Americans’ Role in the World (NIF Report)
This report, an analysis of results from the 2003-2004 National Issues Forums, presents an examination of people’s thinking as they deliberated together in public forums about Americans’ Role in the...
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Examining Health Care: What’s the Public’s Prescription? Results from Citizen...
This 2004 Kettering Foundation report about public forums held using the National Issues Forums (NIF) issue discussion guide Examining Health Care: What’s the Public’s Prescription? was prepared by...
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Terrorism: What Should We Do Now? (NIF Report)
This is a report about 2003 National Issues Forums where citizens deliberated about the issue of what to do about terrorism. The forums involved nearly 2,000 people in 40 states around the country....
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Racial and Ethnic Tensions (NIF Report)
This is a report about National Issues Forums where citizens deliberated about the issue of what to do about racial and ethnic tensions. The forums involved nearly 2,000 people in 40 states around the...
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A Nation in Debt: How Can We Pay the Bills? (NIF Issue Guide)
A National Issues Forums issue guide, A Nation in Debt: How Can We Pay the Bills? (2011) outlines the effect of the growing national debt on our society and several choices or approaches to addressing...
View ArticleCould Random Selection and Deliberative Democracy Revitalize Politics in the...
The practice of using representative samples in decision making in contemporary political regimes creates an opening for re-establishing sortition (making decisions or filling offices by drawing lots)....
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How Can We Stop Mass Shootings in Our Communities? (NIF Issue Advisory)
On February 1, 2013, National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) released an Issue Advisory that contains materials that communities might wish to use in deliberating over the issues raised by the tragic...
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Aim Higher, Dig Deeper
This article addresses why it is so difficult for our country to navigate the issue of gun violence and contains suggestions for starting a national conversation. It was written by Sarah Read and Dave...
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The Troubled American Family: Which Way Out of the Storm? (NIF Report)
This 1996 report assembled by Doble Research Associates focuses on results from forums examining the current state of the American family. Find more details & order info on the NIF website. From...
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Pocketbook Pressures: Who Benefits from Economic Growth? (NIF Report)
This 1996 report assembled by Doble Research Associates examines the results from National Issues Forums examining the state of the economy and how it affects citizens. Find more details & order...
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Reports from National Issues Forums
The National Issues Forums Institute encourages reporting from all their forums, and produces a variety of reports on NIF forums. As described on the NIFI website, ”individuals and groups that convene...
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No Easy Way Out: Citizens Talk about Tackling the Debt (NIFI Report)
This 2012 report describes findings from National Issues Forums held in 2012 during which people deliberated about possible approaches to dealing with the national debt. Download the 33-page PDF here....
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Divided We Fail: Are Leaders and Citizens Talking Past Each Other on Higher...
In 2012–2013, National Issues Forums held around the country have brought college students, high school students, parents, faculty, employers, retirees, and others together to deliberate about the...
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USAonRace.com
Since 2008, USAonRace.com has been dedicated to increasing understanding about race, ethnicity and sponsoring the National Collegiate Dialogue on Race Relations and other community forums....
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Mental Illness in America: How Can We Address a Growing Problem? (NIF Issue...
In October 2013, National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) released an Issue Advisory that contains materials that can be used in deliberating over the issue of the impact of mental illness in America....
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Common Ground for Action
Common Ground for Action is an online platform for deliberation sponsored by the Kettering Foundation starting in 2013, who partnered with Conteneo, a creator of serious decision-making games, to...
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Health Care: How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need? (NIFI...
The National Issues Forums Institute published the Issue Guide, Health Care: How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need?, in April 2015. This guide is to help facilitate deliberation on the...
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America’s Energy Future: How Can We Take Charge? (NIFI Issue Guide)
The National Issues Forums Institute published the Issue Guide, America’s Energy Future: How Can We Take Charge?, in January 2015. This Issue Guide puts forth three options for deliberation of how...
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