TY - BOOK ID - 17263065 TI - Democratic innovations : designing institutions for citizen participation PY - 2009 SN - 9780521514774 9780521730709 0521514770 0521730708 9780511609848 0511698860 1107190304 0511647085 9786612393136 1282393138 0511651163 0511593112 0511592183 0511595042 9780511651168 0511609841 9780511592188 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Political participation KW - Direct democracy KW - Legislation KW - Budget KW - Internet KW - Citizen participation KW - Political aspects KW - Direct democracy. KW - #SBIB:324H60 KW - Budgeting KW - Legislative process KW - Direct legislation KW - Referendum KW - Politieke socialisatie KW - Political systems KW - Political sociology KW - #SBIB:324H50 KW - Democracy KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Finance, Public KW - Community action KW - Community involvement KW - Community participation KW - Involvement, Community KW - Mass political behavior KW - Participation, Citizen KW - Participation, Community KW - Participation, Political KW - Political activity KW - Political behavior KW - Political rights KW - Social participation KW - Political activists KW - Politics, Practical KW - Law KW - Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) KW - Forecasting KW - Political participation. KW - Citizen participation. KW - Political aspects. KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Legislation - Citizen participation KW - Budget - Citizen participation KW - Internet - Political aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17263065 AB - Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the institutions of advanced industrial democracies, there is also increasing interest in new ways of involving citizens in the political decisions that affect their lives. This book draws together evidence from a variety of democratic innovations from around the world, including participatory budgeting in Brazil, Citizens' Assemblies on Electoral Reform in Canada, direct legislation in California and Switzerland and emerging experiments in e-democracy. The book offers a rare systematic analysis of this diverse range of democratic innovations, drawing lessons for the future development of both democratic theory and practice. ER -