Civic Participation

1. Ask Your MP  (site info) Searchable directory of MPs and MEPs all over the UK. Find contact details for your local MP or MEP. http://www.askyourmp.co.uk/ 2. Bowling Together: Online Public Engagement in Policy Deliberation  (site info) Online publication by Stephen Coleman and John Gøtze reporting on citizen engagement with government, technologies for electronic participation, and UK and global case studies. http://bowlingtogether.net/ 3. Know Your Congress  (site info) Contact information, campaign finance and PAC figures, and voting information for each member of Congress, from liberal watchdog group Common Cause. http://causenet.commoncause.org/afr/dbq/officials/ 4. Citizen Works  (site info) Organization founded by Ralph Nader that recruits and trains citizen activists, and directs them to focused action campaigns. Focuses on the issues of democracy, justice, globalization, environment, equality, freedom, and peace. Includes mailing list, calendar, current projects, and tools for organizing. http://www.citizenworks.org/ 5. The Political Compass  (site info) A 6-part questionnaire which plots the taker's political positions on a four-point compass and plots estimates for the positions of 20th century leaders and mid-1990s British politicians. http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/ 1-5 of 13. Next »