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Facilitating Vulnerability and Power in New Hampshire Listen’s “Blue and You”

Abstract

This study examines the on-going work of New Hampshire Listens, a convener of deliberative conversations, specific to their work with police-community relationships. Attending particularly to the facilitators and planners of New Hampshire “Blue and You” in a small city, the study found systemic practices of early stakeholder involvement in the planning, holding space for disparate views, promoting storytelling, and creating intimate physical spaces addressed the vulnerability felt by participants. These practices distributed power among stakeholders, aided in preparing participants for the conversation, and fostered neutrality in the forum. They provide several ideas for how deliberation practitioners and scholars might respond to the present polarizing political context.

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neutrality, power, vulnerability, police-community, public dialogue

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Heath R., (2018) “Facilitating Vulnerability and Power in New Hampshire Listen’s “Blue and You””, Journal of Public Deliberation 14(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.16997/jdd.308

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Renee G. Heath (University of New Hampshire, Durham)

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