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		<title>2020 and beyond: 11 predictions at the intersection of technology and citizen engagement</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2019/12/27/2020-and-beyond-11-predictions-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-citizen-engagement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New World Bank Report on the effects of emerging technologies on public participation.  <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2019/12/27/2020-and-beyond-11-predictions-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-citizen-engagement/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2019/12/27/2020-and-beyond-11-predictions-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-citizen-engagement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Florida Joint Center for Citizenship at the Lou Frey Institute has joined the Civics Renewal Network!</title>
		<link>https://floridacitizens.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/the-florida-joint-center-for-citizenship-at-the-lou-frey-institute-has-joined-the-civics-renewal-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stevemasy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed a new logo, similiar to what is above this post, appearing on the FJCC homepage. That &#8230;<p><a href="https://floridacitizens.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/the-florida-joint-center-for-citizenship-at-the-lou-frey-institute-has-joined-the-civics-renewal-network/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a></p>
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		<title>New Papers Published: FixMyStreet and the World’s Largest Participatory Budgeting</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2017/03/05/new-papers-published-fixmystreet-and-the-worlds-largest-participatory-budgeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2017 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are two new published papers that my colleagues Jon Mellon, Fredrik Sjoberg and myself have been working on. The first, The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation, published in Public Administration Review, is &#8211; to our knowledge &#8211; &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/03/05/new-papers-published-fixmystreet-and-the-worlds-largest-participatory-budgeting/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends</title>
		<link>https://democracyspot.net/2016/01/13/world-development-report-2016-digital-dividends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Development Report 2016, the main annual publication of the World Bank, is out. This year&#8217;s theme is Digital Dividends, examining the role of digital technologies in the promotion of development outcomes. The findings of the WDR are simultaneously &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2016/01/13/world-development-report-2016-digital-dividends/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1142&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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		<title>The Newspaper Test for Twitter and Gyges’s Ring</title>
		<link>http://ericthomasweber.org/the-newspaper-test-for-twitter-and-gygess-ring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, while my Philosophy of Leadership class has been covering Plato&#8217;s&#160;Republic &#38; the story of Gyges&#8217;s ring,&#160;I was presented with a Twitter-style version of the story. In the&#160;Republic, Plato&#8217;s Socrates is talking with people about justice.&#160;People&#160;only act justly if they&#160;can&#8217;t get away with injustice, say Socrates&#8217;s friends. Well, in today&#8217;s world, it turns out [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/the-newspaper-test-for-twitter-and-gygess-ring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>One Amazing Benefit Social Media Brought this Scholar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Thomas Weber]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, I finally hung a light that I got as a gift last year&#160;over my favorite painting. The story is worth sharing, I believe, because it has to do with my most rewarding benefit I&#8217;ve received from social media activity as a scholar. Another reason it is personally meaningful is that&#160;it marks&#160;the conclusion [&#8230;] <a href="http://ericthomasweber.org/one-amazing-benefit-social-media-brought-this-scholar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DemocracySpot’s Most Read Posts in 2014</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(I should have posted this on the 31st, but better late than never) Below are some of the most read posts in 2014. While I&#8217;m at it, I&#8217;ll take the opportunity to explain the reduced number of posts in the &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2015/01/02/democracyspots-most-read-posts-in-2014/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=1079&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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