External Resources

Political attitudes and culture:

Some research suggests trust and satisfaction with democracy are trending down while others paint a more nuanced picture. Some of the work we are keeping in mind, includes:

• Australian Election Study

• Australian Bureau of Statistics, Trust and Social Cohesion datasets

• Lowy Institute Poll

• Strengthening Democracy Taskforce, Strengthening Australian Democracy report

• OECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions

• Edelman Trust Barometer

Democratic innovation:

Across the globe, academics and practitioners have been exploring new ways of doing democracy. Some examples of this work include:

• Deliberative Democracy Digest

• Participedia

• OECD, Eight Ways to Institutionalise Deliberative Democracy