Graham Smith

Gebundenes Buch

Democratic Innovations

Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation

Beschreibung

Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the institutions of advanced industrial democracies, there is also increasing interest in new ways of involving citizens in the political decisions that affect their lives. This book draws together evidence from a variety of democratic innovations from around the world, including participatory budgeting in Brazil, Citizens' Assemblies on Electoral Reform in Canada, direct legislation in California and Switzerland and emerging experiments in e-democracy. The book offers a rare systematic analysis of this diverse range of democratic innovations, drawing lessons for the future development of both democratic theory and practice.

Autor

Graham Smith is Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster and Founding Chair of the Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies (KNOCA). He is a leading authority on participatory and deliberative democracy, citizens' assemblies and climate governance and has been recognized as one of the top 100 most influential academics in government.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780521514774
• ISBN-10: 0521514770
• Artikelnr.: 26488630

Rezensionen

'Democratic Innovations explains why we should not be satisfied with our received institutions of representative government. Deftly navigating this rapidly evolving field, Graham Smith shows how democratic methods such as citizen assemblies, direct legislation, and electronic participation can deepen the quality of democracy all over the world.' Archon Fung, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University