- 210 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
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 Complementary Democracy. 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.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Complementary Democracy – The New Frontier in Theory, Research, and Practice
- Functions of Deliberative Mini-Publics in Democratic Systems
- Participatory Budgeting: A Brief Introduction
- Recall Elections
- Referendums as Complementary Democracy
- Agenda Initiatives in Comparative Context
- Transnational Democracy’s Quest Across Borders
- Digital Democracy: Past, Present, and Future
- Sortition in Current Democratic Regimes
- Social Movements as Democratic Actors
- Performing Democracy through Local Protests: The Case of Knitting Nannas Against Gas
- Democracy as Art
- Complementary Democracy: Conclusions and the Way Ahead
- About the Contributors