My piece on Paul Ginsborg’s book Democracy sparked some great comments on the blog but also some suggestions for further reading.
Thanks to Michael MacPherson for recommending the Citizens’ Initiative and Referendum and pointing out Michael Wills’s parliamentary statement last month. He also refers to a dissenting voice in Red Pepper magazine.
Daniel Taghioff links to a good Wikipedia entry on Participatory Budgeting and an anonymous reader to a website set up specifically to discuss examples of the practice.
Meanwhile Roger Hampson, Chief Executive of Redbridge Council in London urges readers of the New Statesman to check out his authority’s experiment.