Deliberative mini-publics facilitating voter knowledge and judgement: Experience from a Finnish local referendum

• In Event: Attitudes and Public Opinion in European Politics

Brief Overview

This paper deals with the use of a deliberative mini-public as a trusted source of information in a top-down referendum. The results indicate that mini-publics can facilitate voter knowledge and judgement also in this institutional context.

Authors

• Maija Setala, University of Turku

• Henrik Serup Christensen, Åbo Akademi University

• Kim Strandberg, Åbo Akademi University

• Maria Bäck, University of Helsinki