Deliberative Democracy and Citizenship: A Study of Deliberative Polling and Participatory Budgeting in China

本研究的结果将加强澳大利亚在海外的民主推广活动，促进中国学习澳大利亚协商民主的经验，并使澳大利亚政府机构（如AusAID）和在这一领域工作的澳大利亚非政府组织受益。该项目还将加强澳大利亚研究人员与中国同行之间的合作。中国的经验教训可以用来提高公民参与的质量，并在澳大利亚发展更有效的公众参与和咨询手段。该项目将有助于澳大利亚政府自1989年以来对中国人权问题的对话方式。

The result of this research will enhance Australian democracy-promotion activities overseas, foster Chinese learning from Australian deliberative democratic experiences, as well as benefiting Australian governmental agencies such as AusAID and Australian NGOs working in this field. The project will also strengthen cooperation between Australian researchers and their counterparts in China. The lessons learned from this Chinese experiment can be used to improve the quality of citizen participation and to develop more effective means of public participation and consultation in Australia. The project will contribute to the Australian government's dialogue approach to human rights issues in China since 1989.