Saward Democratic Innovation

Deliberation, Representation and Association
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-56661-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

Democratic Innovation is an original look at the political future of democracy, exploring the latest ideas aimed at renewing popular power.
Featuring new writings by leading European, American and Australian democratic theorists, this book explores the following themes:
* the importance of public deliberation in democracies
* how effective representation for all might be acheived
* the role that voluntary associations can play in democratic governance

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saward, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Democratic Innovation Michael Saward

Part I: Deliberative Democracy: Advocacy and Critique

1. The quest for deliberative democracy James S. Fishkin and Robert C. Luskin

2. Toward deliberative institutions Graham Smith

3. Deliberation as public use of reason - or, what public? Whose reason? Tiina Rättilä

4. The EU's democratic deficit: a deliberative perspective Erik O Eriksen

5. Less than meets the eye: democratic legitimacy and deliberative theory Michael Saward

6. Discursive democracy vs. liberal constitutionalism John S. Dryzek

Part II: Interest, Deliberation and the Rethinking of Representation

7. Group represenation, deliberation, and the displacement of dichotomies Judith Squires

8. From theory to practice and back again: gender quota and the politics of presence in Belgium Petra Meier

9. Deliberative democracy, ecological representation and risk: towards a democracy of the affected Robin Eckersley

10. Ecological constitutionalism and the limits of deliberation and representation Mike Mills and Fraser King

11. Governance, self-representation and democratic imagination Henrik Paul Bang and Torben Bech Dyrberg

Part III: Associations and Democracy

12. Active citizenship and associative democracy Piotr Perczynski

13. Associative democracy - fashionable slogan or constructive innovation? Sigrid Roßteutscher

14. Social capital, associations and civic republicanism Francisco Herreros

15. Deliberative democracy versus direct democracy - plus political parties! Ian Budge

Conclusion

Variation, innovation and democratic renewal Michael Saward