Graham Smith

Democratic Innovations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Theories of Institutional Design
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780521730709
• ISBN-10: 0521730708
• Artikelnr.: 26571468

Autorenporträt

Graham Smith is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster and Chair of the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development. ORCID: 0000-0002-3758-9221

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Studying democratic innovations: an analytical framework; 2. Popular assemblies: from New England town meetings to participatory budgeting; 3. Mini-publics: assemblies by random selection; 4. Direct legislation: direct democracy through the ballot box; 5. E-democracy: the promise of information and communication technology; 6. Realising the goods of democratic institutions; Conclusion.

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Introduction
1. Studying democratic innovations: an analytical framework
2. Popular assemblies: from New England town meetings to participatory budgeting
3. Mini-publics: assemblies by random selection
4. Direct legislation: direct democracy through the ballot box
5. E-democracy: the promise of information and communication technology
6. Realising the goods of democratic institutions
Conclusion.

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