The Future of Self-Governing, Thriving Democracies Democratic Innovations By, With and For the People

• Main Author: Geissel, Brigitte
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Taylor & Francis 2023; Routledge; Taylor and Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations
• Subjects: Democracy; Political activism; Political activism / Political engagement; Political Advocacy; Political Ideologies; Political Process; Political Science; Political structure and processes; Political structures: democracy; Politics and government; Society and Social Sciences; Systems of governments & states; Dissatisfaction; Representative Democracy; Ballot Sheet; Participatory Practices; Citizen Assemblies; Self-Governing; Participatory Budgeting; Democratic Setup; Smooth; Current Democracies; Direct Democracy; Legislative Subjects; deliberative democracy; Face To Face; Deliberative Practices; Core Design Features; Citizen Deliberation; civil society; Direct Democratic Instruments; Deliberative Systems; democracy; Deliberative Mini-public; Coordination Office; European Social Survey; policy-makers; Non-salient Issues; democratic innovations; Deliberation Day; Refined Preferences; governance
• ISBN: 1000801241; 9781000801248; 1032285044; 9781032285061; 9781032285047; 1032285060
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003297109

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens the power to deliberate and to decide how to govern themselves. Innovatively building on and integrating components of representative, deliberative and participatory theories of democracy with empirical findings, the book provides practices and procedures that support communities of all sizes to develop their own visions of democracy. It re-vitalizes and re-infuses the ‘democratic spirit’ going back to the roots of democracy as an endeavour by, with and for the people, and should inspire us in our search for the democracy we want to live in. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students in democracy, democratic innovations, deliberation, civic education, and governance and further for policy-makers, civil society groups and activists. It encourages us to reshape democracy based on citizens’ perspectives, aspirations, and preferences.