For Extension to remain relevant to the mission of meeting the most critical community
needs, we must examine the racial inequities that hold us back as institutions and lead …

Cooperative Extension has a rich history of providing research-based knowledge and
functioning as a catalyst for change through community engagement. It is via this second …

This article focuses on the use of radio broadcasts as resources for those organizing and
convening face-to-face discussion groups in rural communities across the United States in …

This chapter focuses on historical and contemporary examples of civic education and
deliberative democracy efforts that put civil discourse at the center of that work. By looking at …

Insistence on civility can sound naïve or even treasonous in the midst of pitched political
battle, but those championing civil discourse can defend this principle by reference to …

Beyond the Myth of the Town Meeting: Discursive Engagement as Governance Page 1 Journal
of Public Deliberation Volume 15 Issue 2 Town Meeting Politics in the United States: The Idea …

Evidence is mounting that democracies are in crisis. There is growing distrust of media.
Confidence in major institutions has reached historical lows. Historically fringe voices are …

Timothy J. Shaffer is an associate editor for the Journal of Public Deliberation and an
assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Kansas State University …

The Great Depression was an extreme period of hardship and transformation in the United
States, altering the ways in which the federal government engaged and interacted with …