Worth to visit 1:

Participation Culture. Go visit this site: http://www.wsjb.com/RPC/V1/Home.html

An absolute must to read, quote, discuss, use and refer to. Look into all parts of the report and especially to the list of resources:

http://www.wsjb.com/RPC/V1/Resources.html

Worth to visit 2:

The Future of Freedom Foundation ... www.fff.org 

A recent quote from them is:

"The state -- or, to make matters more concrete, the government -- consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting 'A' to satisfy 'B'. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advanced auction on stolen goods."

Worth to visit 3:

International Association for Public Participation www.iap2.org  is “an association of members who seek to promote and improve the practice of public participation in relation to individuals, governments, institutions, and other entities”.

Their site contains a highly useful list of resources in the area – click here to see more:

http://iap2.org/displayassociationlinks.cfm