Tag Archives: constitutional convention

There’s more to democracy than polling day: Citizen engagement between elections

by dfarrell Posted on April 9, 2013
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Last November I was invited to give a keynote address to a Forum on Electoral Research organized by the Australian Electoral Commission. The principal theme of the two-day event was citizen engagement, with most of the papers focused on the … Continue reading →

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The Irish constitutional convention – lessons from abroad

by dfarrell Posted on November 12, 2012
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A few weeks ago I organised an event at the Royal Irish Academy that brought together the world’s leading experts on deliberation, some of whom had helped organise or had being members of constitutional conventions in their own countries. The … Continue reading →

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The anticipated constitutional convention: the dangers of premature judgement?

by dfarrell Posted on May 11, 2012
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In yesterday’s Irish Times, Donncha O’Connell likens the much anticipated constitutional convention to a ‘quasi-therapeutic encounter between a selection of politicians and a glorified focus group of politicians’. His principal concerns are twofold: He bemoans the lack of a ‘radical … Continue reading →

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