Activated Citizenship: The Transformative Power of Citizens' Assemblies - Paperbackby Marjan H. Ehsassi (Author) To counter pervasive levels of citizen disengagement from political institutions, this book examines democratic innovations that meaningfully engage with citizens to address some of the deficits of Western representative democracies. Citizens' assemblies provide one such innovation, offering opportunities for more consistent participation between elections, more meaningful input in government decision making, and more