https://www.peoplepowered.org/news-content/impacts-of-citizens-assemblie...
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At the individual level, global research shows that citizens’ assemblies reliably increase the knowledge, skills, and political efficacy of those who participate directly in the process, and can even contribute to depolarization by helping citizens with more extreme political views find common ground.
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At the community level, there is consistent evidence of positive spillover effects to those who simply learn about the assembly process and recommendations, such as increasing trust in government and their fellow citizens, and increased willingness of non-participants to engage in politics and consider alternate political views.
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At the level of government, citizens’ assemblies can even reshape traditional government processes and dynamics, broadening legislators’ perspectives, bypassing institutional deadlocks, and giving a public mandate for policy action on long-term challenges like climate change.
