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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Deliberative democracy Advocacy and critique
part |2 pages
Part II Representation and deliberation
chapter 8|11 pages
From theory to practice and back again: gender quota and the politics of presence in Belgium
Gender quota and the politics
chapter 9|16 pages
Deliberative democracy, ecological representation and risk
Towards a democracy of the affected
part |2 pages
Part III Associations and democracy
