E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 210 Seiten
Qvortrup / Vancic Complementary Democracy
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-11-074733-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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The Art of Deliberative Listening
E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 210 Seiten
Reihe: Democracy in Times of UpheavalISSN
ISBN: 978-3-11-074733-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Democracy is on the run, and elected governments are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. Legislatures are increasingly seen as unrepresentative. To give legitimacy to democratic government, experts argue that we need more democracy and more opportunities for direct citizen participation. Representative democracy needs to be complemented by forms of direct engagement, such as referendums, popular votes, the recall, citizens' juries, eDemocracy, etc. This is what we term . In this book experts from the worlds of practice and theory come together to explain - and occasionally critique - these complements to representative democracy. The volume provides an invaluable starting point for anyone who wants to know more about the new directions of democratic governance, and hopes to inspire those who seek to build stronger democracies.
Matt Qvortrup, Coventry University, Coventry, UK; Daniela Vancic, Democracy International, Köln.
