What makes an informed citizen

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Partnering for impact Projects and research conducted with other government changemakers in our global network. About Us What we do What we do, how we work, who and where we are. Go back. July 27th, Legitimacy. Claudia Chwalisz Author, consultant and researcher. Article highlights Legitimacy depends on a strong link between public will, policies and public office-holders Share article. Involving citizens in big policy decisions leads to greater legitimacy, says ClaudiaChwalisz Share article.

Examples from Canada and Australia show how involving the public can boost policymaking Share article. Bringing in the citizen's voice In my new book, The People's Verdict: Adding Informed Citizen Voices to Public Decision-making , I outline one type of solution to these problems that can help citizens regain trust in government, lead to more effective policymaking and, in the longer term, restore legitimacy.

Weighing trade-offs and priorities The book covers 48 examples, honing in on 10 in depth. With fake news increasingly part of the public discourse, Nadine Smith examines how governments can start to strengthen its own credibility rating Public impact in a post-truth world. Written by: Claudia Chwalisz Author, consultant and researcher.

You may also be interested in By Beatriz Cano Buchholz. By Devon Genua. By Elena Bolbolian. How might we activate their knowledge to participate in an informed and meaningful way? At iCivics, we pride ourselves with educating young people and preparing them to participate as informed and engaged citizen. In its post-election analysis of the youth vote, CIRCLE noted that youth voters were an important factor in some of the key battleground states such as Michigan, Nevada and New Hampshire.

It is clear that New Hampshire and Michigan would not have been competitive for Clinton without the youth vote bloc. What I find most reassuring is that early reports showed the youth vote increased somewhat above the election levels; however it continues to remain lower than the level of older voters.

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I would much rather be confronted with negative news, and therefore have the opportunity to fight for what is right and just, than live in ignorance. How does one become an informed citizen? Subscribe to your local newspapers and news stations, use tools such as social media to see what is happening in the world around you.

Engage with multiple different sources with multiple different viewpoints to ensure you are engaging with ideas that are different than your own. Fact-check and confront both the bias in the media, and the bias you hold as an individual. Being an informed citizen means being a responsible citizen.

It allows you to hold people in power accountable. It grants you power as an individual.