ABSTRACT

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

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |12 pages

Democratic innovation

part |2 pages

Part I Deliberative democracy Advocacy and critique

chapter 2|11 pages

Toward deliberative institutions

chapter 4|13 pages

The European Union’s democratic deficit

A deliberative perspective

chapter 5|12 pages

Less than meets the eye

Democratic legitimacy and deliberative theory