Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance. Edited by Stephen Elstub and Oliver Escobar. Edward Elgar Publishing. Dec 2019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786433862
Democratic innovations are proliferating in politics, governance, policy, and public administration. These new processes of public participation are reimagining the relationship between citizens and institutions. This Handbook advances understanding of democratic innovations, in theory and practice, by critically reviewing their importance throughout the world.
The overarching themes are a focus on citizens and their relationship to these innovations, and the resulting effects on political equality. The Handbook therefore offers a definitive overview of existing research on democratic innovations, while also setting the agenda for future research and practice
Contents
- Introduction to the Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance: the field of democratic innovation | Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub (FREE ACCESS)
SECTION I - TYPES OF DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION
- 1. Defining and typologising democratic innovations | Stephen Elstub and Oliver Escobar (FREE ACCESS)
- 2. Democratic innovations and theories of democracy | Ian O’Flynn
- 3. Mini-publics: design choices and legitimacy | Clodagh Harris
- 4. Collaborative governance: between invited and invented spaces | Sonia Bussu
- 5. The long journey of participatory budgeting | Ernesto Ganuza and Gianpaolo Baiocchi
- 6. Referendums and citizens’ initiatives | Maija Jäske and Maija Setälä
- 7. Digital participation | Hollie Russon Gilman and Tiago Carneiro Peixoto
SECTION II - DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS AND THE DEMOCRATIC MALAISE
- 8. Does political trust matter? | Gerry Stoker and Mark Evans
- 9. Accountability and democratic innovations | Albert Weale
- 10. Anti-politics and democratic innovation | Matthew Flinders, Matthew Wood and Jack Corbett
- 11. The impact of democratic innovations on citizens’ efficacy | Paolo Spada
SECTION III - ACTORS IN DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION
- 12. Facilitators: the micropolitics of public participation and deliberation | Oliver Escobar
- 13. Consultants: the emerging participation industry | Laurence Bherer and Caroline W. Lee
- 14. Public servants in innovative democratic governance | Wieke Blijleven, Merlijn van Hulst and Frank Hendriks
- 15. Experts: the politics of evidence and expertise in democratic innovation | Ruth Lightbody and Jennifer J. Roberts
- 16. Advocates: interest groups, civil society organisations and democratic innovation | Carolyn M. Hendriks
- 17. The role of elected representatives in democratic innovations | Nivek Thompson
- 18. Journalists: the role of the media in democratic innovation | Gianfranco Pomatto
SECTION IV - DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS IN POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
- 19. Democratic innovations and the policy process | Adrian Bua
- 20. Democratic innovation in science and technology | Sarah R. Davies
- 21. Democratic innovation in social policy | Rikki Dean
- 22. Democratic innovation and environmental governance | Jens Newig, Edward Challies and Nicolas W. Jager
- 23. Democratic innovation in constitutional reform | Ron Levy
- 24. Democratic innovation in transnational and global governance | Mikko Rask, Bjørn Bedsted, Edward Andersson and Liisa Kallio
SECTION V - DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
- 25. Democratic innovations in North America | Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael
- 26. Democratic innovations in Latin America | Thamy Pogrebinschi and Melisa Ross
- 27. Democratic innovations in Europe | Brigitte Geissel
- 28. Trends in democratic innovation in Asia | Naoyuki Mikami
- 29. Democratic innovation in Australasia | Lucy Parry, Jane Alver and Nivek Thompson
- 30. Local democratic innovations in Africa | Isabel Ferreira and Giovanni Allegretti
SECTION VI - RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS
- 31. Quantitative methods in democratic innovation research | Simon Beste and Dominik Wyss
- 32. Qualitative approaches to democratic innovations | Julien Talpin
- 33. Mixed methods research in democratic innovation | Oliver Escobar and Andrew Thompson
- 34. Using experiments to study democratic innovations | Kimmo Grönlund and Kaisa Herne
- 35. From discourse quality index to deliberative transformative moments | Maria Clara Jaramillo and Jürg Steiner
- 36. Analysing deliberative transformation: a multi-level approach incorporating Q methodology | Simon Niemeyer
- 37. Comparative approaches to the study of democratic innovation | Matt Ryan
CONCLUDING CHAPTER
- 38. Reflections on the theory and practice of democratic innovations | Graham Smith