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|| Review of Sirianni, Investing in Democracy: Engaging Citizens in Collaborative Governance.

Sirianni, Carmen. 2009. Investing in Democracy: Engaging Citizens in Collaborative Governance. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press (978-0815703129).
Occasionally, a book is so well written and of such importance that it really catches your attention.  Such is the case for me with a recently published book, Investing in Democracy: Engaging Citizens in Collaborative Governance, by Carmen Sirianni [...]

|| Brief Review: Leighninger, The Next Form of Democracy.

Leighninger, Matt. 2006. The Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule Is Giving Way to Shared Governance — and Why Politics Will Never Be the Same. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press (082651541X).
Matt Leigninger, executive director of the newly formed Deliberative Democracy Consortium, has provided a volume that exceeds the quality of what is typical on the [...]