I actually signed this iniciative 2-4(?) weeks ago before reading this excelent post of yours. I hope European Union EAs take some time to sign it.
I consider that well targeted petitions that have some luck and work behind them can have big impacts. At individual, local, national, continental and global levels.
This type of european citizen iniciatives can rally supporters, bring the issue to the forefront, and influence politics and policy.
Petitions are not the only hammers in existence to nail through problems but they can be one of various tools in the toolset.
We need more research into petitions.
What impact they have? How to maximize its upsides and minimize downsides?
We cannot ignore research on petitions for the risk that we may lose out the opportunity to find ways to make petitions better and the best petitions even better!
Great post Miguel! Thank you for sharing this!
I actually signed this iniciative 2-4(?) weeks ago before reading this excelent post of yours. I hope European Union EAs take some time to sign it.
I consider that well targeted petitions that have some luck and work behind them can have big impacts. At individual, local, national, continental and global levels. This type of european citizen iniciatives can rally supporters, bring the issue to the forefront, and influence politics and policy. Petitions are not the only hammers in existence to nail through problems but they can be one of various tools in the toolset.
We need more research into petitions. What impact they have? How to maximize its upsides and minimize downsides? We cannot ignore research on petitions for the risk that we may lose out the opportunity to find ways to make petitions better and the best petitions even better!