The Participation and Recruitment Challenge

Ryfe, David M.; Stalsburg, Brittany L.

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199899265.003.0003

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“…Faith‐based organizations also embed conveners of public engagement forums within networks from which they can engage in the targeted recruitment of African American participants (see Ryfe and Stalsburg 2012). Given state action (e.g., citywide shutdowns) and medical recommendations (e.g., social distancing, self‐quarantining) intended to mitigate the spread of COVID‐19, this virus threatens to disrupt direct access to networks on which African Americans have long relied as primary means for social capital as well as disproportionately jeopardize their ability to establish lasting influence in collaborative governance, civic dialogue, and other forms of public engagement.…”

Section: Areas Of Systemic Oppression and Disenfranchisement In The Amentioning

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Social Equity and COVID‐19: The Case of African Americans

Wright

Merritt

2020

Public Administration Review

111

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Emerging statistics demonstrate that COVID‐19 disproportionately affects African Americans. The effects of COVID‐19 for this population are inextricably linked to areas of systemic oppression and disenfranchisement, which are exacerbated by COVID‐19: (1) health care inequality; (2) segregation, overall health, and food insecurity; (3) underrepresentation in government and the medical profession; and (4) inequalities in participatory democracy and public engagement. Following a discussion of these issues, this essay shares early and preliminary lessons and strategies on how public administration scholars and practitioners can lead in crafting equitable responses to this global pandemic to uplift the African American community.

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Section: Areas Of Systemic Oppression and Disenfranchisement In The Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Equity and COVID‐19: The Case of African Americans

Wright

Merritt

2020

Public Administration Review

111

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“…Convening starts by thinking about who will and should participate in a deliberative event. Practitioners tend to use one of the following recruitment strategies: election, random sampling, purposive or “targeted” sampling, and self‐selection (see Ryfe & Stalsburg, for review). This decision can be influenced by the desire to uphold the democratic ideals of inclusion and equality, particularly in the face of criticisms that democracy by discussion will inherently favor powerful voices and exclude those on the margins (Young, ).…”

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“…This decision can be influenced by the desire to uphold the democratic ideals of inclusion and equality, particularly in the face of criticisms that democracy by discussion will inherently favor powerful voices and exclude those on the margins (Young, ). These important challenges have influenced scholars and practitioners alike to think through recruitment strategies (Ryfe & Stalsburg, ). This can include reducing the material and symbolic costs of participation through various strategies (e.g., paying participants, providing child care, holding meetings in convenient locations and times, etc.…”

Section: The Deliberative Cyclementioning

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Beyond Problem Solving: Reconceptualizing the Work of Public Deliberation as Deliberative Inquiry

Carcasson

Sprain

2015

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This article introduces deliberative inquiry (DI), a practical theory designed to guide the work of deliberative practitioners working in their local communities to better address wicked problems by improving the quality of public discourse. DI reconceptualizes the work of public deliberation as sparking and sustaining a unique form of inquiry suited to addressing wicked problems. DI moves from a linear event‐focused model where deliberation produces refined public opinion and decision outcomes to using deliberative principles to guide a cyclical learning process. DI seeks to improve community decision making by focusing on obstacles to deliberative engagement, deliberative tensions inherent to wicked problems, and resources for collaborative action. Understanding of these elements is refined throughout the 4 tasks of the deliberative cycle.

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“…On the means taken by organisers of deliberative polls to deal with this issue, see Fishkin and Farrar (2005). On the impact of socio-economic and education levels on participation in minipublics, see Ryfe and Stalsburg (2012). 5.…”

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Which conception of political equality do deliberative mini-publics promote?

Leydet

2016

European Journal of Political Theory

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In democratic political systems, political equality is often defined as an equality of opportunity for influence. But inequalities in resources and status affect the capacity of disadvantaged citizens to achieve an effective political equality. One common thread running through recent democratic innovations is the belief that appropriate institutional devices and procedures can alleviate the impact of background inequalities on the presence and voice of the disadvantaged within those designs. My objective is to achieve a clearer understanding of the conception of political equality that informs a specific subset of these designs: deliberative mini-publics. I focus firstly on the methods of participant selection advocated to secure equal presence. According to what principle is participation distributed? If it is according to the ‘equal probability’ principle, rather than ‘equal opportunity’, what difference does this make in terms of political equality? Secondly, achieving equality of voice is usually conceived in terms of equalising opportunities for influence among participants. How is this objective understood and what does this say about the underlying conception of political equality?

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The Participation and Recruitment Challenge

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Social Equity and COVID‐19: The Case of African Americans

Social Equity and COVID‐19: The Case of African Americans

Beyond Problem Solving: Reconceptualizing the Work of Public Deliberation as Deliberative Inquiry

Which conception of political equality do deliberative mini-publics promote?

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