Events: February 10, 2006

An Experiment in Democratic Rejuvenation

Dr. John Ferejohn
Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Graduate School of Business
Stanford University

Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Wilkins Room 215, Hubert H. Humphrey Center
301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis (U of M West Bank)

As America campaigns for democracy abroad, serious questions remain about the low level of participation by Americans in elections and the gaps in their knowledge about public life. Dr. Ferejohn will discuss his research on the Citizens' Assembly in British Columbia and its implications for concrete reform and for the potential for deliberation and participation. Dr. Ferejohn's talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science.

The Citizens' Assembly Model (download PDF document)

JOHN FEREJOHN is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and one of the country’s most influential scholars of American political institutions and law. He is the winner of Richard Fenno Prize for the best book in legislative politics.

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