For this guide, we’re discussing deliberation in the context of deliberative democracy and primarily its use in minipublics. That is where a lot of the experience in the Democracy R&D Network lies and while the guide will be useful for a wide range of processes this allows us to focus our attention on specifics.

Additionally, advice and experiences in this guide will be useful for all kinds of engagement no matter the extent to which they are deliberative because they draw on learnings from other fields such as conflict management, dispute resolution and risk communication.