If possible*, I recommend that you get in touch with the developers of the website www.openpolitics.ca: they were the first to actually apply ‘open politics’ (which is just about what you’re describing here) in a real-world environment with the aim of influencing actual party policy.
[*] The disclaimer is there because I’m not sure that the site is maintained anymore—they ran into a serious issue with Canadian libel law (which is unusually strict) although the offending content has since been removed. But a lot of useful theoretical stuff will be there, licensed as free and open content.
ETA: forgot to mention, most of the people who contributed to that wiki used to hang out at the openpolitics yahoogroup. Again, you’ll find a lot of useful theory in the mailing list archives.
That looks very useful—thank you. Their deliberative democracy page looks like it is talking about much the same thing I’m aiming for with the InstaGov project.
If possible*, I recommend that you get in touch with the developers of the website www.openpolitics.ca: they were the first to actually apply ‘open politics’ (which is just about what you’re describing here) in a real-world environment with the aim of influencing actual party policy.
[*] The disclaimer is there because I’m not sure that the site is maintained anymore—they ran into a serious issue with Canadian libel law (which is unusually strict) although the offending content has since been removed. But a lot of useful theoretical stuff will be there, licensed as free and open content.
ETA: forgot to mention, most of the people who contributed to that wiki used to hang out at the openpolitics yahoogroup. Again, you’ll find a lot of useful theory in the mailing list archives.
That looks very useful—thank you. Their deliberative democracy page looks like it is talking about much the same thing I’m aiming for with the InstaGov project.