{"id":1654,"date":"2007-10-01T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/10\/01\/eu-democracy-round-up\/"},"modified":"2008-02-02T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2008-02-02T13:14:09","slug":"eu-democracy-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/10\/eu-democracy-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"EU democracy round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s begun to get all exciting and hectic over at dLiberation<\/a>, so what have you missed if you’re not popping over there already?<\/p>\n

First, academics being academics, a bit of a fight’s broken out, with the chaps behind deliberative polling – James Fishkin of Stanford and Robert Luskin of the University of Texas – coming back to defend themselves in vehemnet style: part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a>. More to follow soon – but it’s an interesting debate, and one that goes to the heart of the matter – if you claim a scientific basis for your methods, you need to defend them to scientific standards.<\/p>\n

There’s also an interesting defence of EU democracy<\/a> from Richard Corbett MEP, which makes a good case for the democratic deficit being a myth.<\/p>\n

Plus a quick look from me at Margot Wallstrom’s latest calls for a wide-ranging debate on the future of the EU which will apparently have “no preconditions, no taboos”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then there’s a nice piece from Giles Merritt of the Friends of Europe on the need for more euroscepticism<\/a>, with some well-considered arguments that struck quite a chord with me. In fact, it looks like there could well be a long-needed shift towards introspection and sensible, constructive criticism coming in to some sections of the pro-EU community. Which can only be a good thing. I hope.<\/p>\n

Finally, for those who still aren’t too sure what deliberative democracy is all about, the first in a series of posts explaining the thing<\/a> from Dennis Thompson of Harvard and Amy Guttman of the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

More coming soon – including, to redress the balance a bit – something from Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP and co-chair of the eurosceptic Independence and Democracy Group in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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