The People’s Lobby

A Model for Online Activist Deliberation

Bibliographic Data

ID21255184
AuthorsJeffrey C Swift (North Carolina State University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume9
Issue2
Publication date2013-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Deliberative Democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2634-0488 • E-ISSN: 2634-0488
PublisherUniversity of Westminster Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.16997/jdd.178
OpenAlexW185055669
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

This article presents a model for a “People’s Lobby,” a digital process of deliberation and activism that allows citizens to have their voices heard on important political issues. The model described in this proposal attempts to achieve deliberation for its own sake, but also for the sake of an activist intervention geared toward immediate response—a process commonly called lobbying. In other words, this is a model that combines the fairness and inclusivity of deliberation with the prodding tension of organized activist lobbying. The People’s Lobby might not completely counteract the effects of more conventional corporate lobbying and other mass-organizational pressures, but if it increases the impact of citizens’ reflective and deliberative voices even marginally, it will be well worth the effort

Deliberation · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics

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