Adult education programs should turn to the deliberative democracy movement in order to help their communities better address the "wicked problems" they face. The authors contend that due to the "wicked" nature of problems in the diverse democracies, communities must develop and sustain their capacity for deliberative democracy and collaborative problem solving through the high-quality interactive communication across perspectives fostered by deliberative democracy. As a result, civic education programs at all levels--K-12, higher education, and adult education--should be tapping into the resources and activities tied to the deliberative democracy movement in order to help build civic capacity. The authors begin this chapter by introducing the concept of wicked problems and outlining how the two currently dominant forms of politics--adversarial and expert--fall short in responding to such problems. They then introduce deliberative democracy as an alternative form of politics that holds particular promise. They connect these three forms of politics to current trends within civic education and make the case for civic education programs to significantly increase the extent to which they focus on developing deliberative capacity. They close by considering how adult education programs in particular can develop this capacity and take advantage of the available resources tied to deliberative democracy.