Democratic dialogue strengthens democratic institutions by providing citizens with the opportunity to voice their concerns, needs and interests – especially people who are normally disempowered from expressing themselves.
Democratic Dialogue: A Handbook for Practitioners aims to provide decision-makers, dialogue promoters and practitioners with a practical guide on how to organize, facilitate and assess dialogue processes. It combines conceptual and practical knowledge, while providing practitioners with an extensive repertoire of relevant tools, experiences and approaches adapted to the issue at stake, the local context and the stakeholders involved.
More than a compilation of techniques, the Handbook provides the reader with a ‘how to’ guide to organize a tailor-made dialogue from assessment to evaluation.
Contributors: Bettye Pruitt and Philip Thomas
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: The Conceptual Framework
Chapter 1.1: Introduction
Chapter 1.2: The Need for Dialogue
Chapter 1.3: Defining Dialogue
Chapter 1.4: How Dialogue Contributes to Change
Part 2: Putting Concepts into Practice
Chapter 2.1: Introduction
Chapter 2.2: Exploring the Possibility for Dialogue
Chapter 2.3: Designing the Dialogue Process
Chapter 2.4: Implementation
Chapter 2.5: Monitoring and Evaluation
Chapter 2.6: Dilemmas and Challenges
Part 3: Applications
Chapter 3.1: Introduction
Chapter 3.2: Dialogue on Peaceful Coexistence, Guatemala
Chapter 3.3: Dialogue on the Millennium Development Goals, Mauritania
Chapter 3.4: Dialogue on a Constitutional Process, Nepal
Appendix 1: Overview of Dialogue Initiatives
Appendix 2: Process Options and Process Tools—An Overview
Notes
Wisdom from the Field – Sources
About the Authors
About Us
