Drawing on a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and with a broad range of case studies, this is essential reading for all students of democratic theory and all those with an interest in how we might revitalise democracy and increase citizen involvement in the political process. Editor(s): Newton, Kenneth; Geissel, Brigitte. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2011. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Evaluating Democratic Innovations: Curing the Democratic Malaise?
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415669197
ISBN 13: 9780415669191
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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In the face of increasing political disenchantment, many Western governments have experimented, with innovations which aim to enhance the working and quality of democracy as well as increasing citizens’ political awareness and understanding of political matters.

This text is the most comprehensive account of these various democratic innovations. Written by an outstanding team of international experts it examines the theories behind these democratic innovations, how they have worked in practice and evaluates their success or failure. It explains experiments with new forms of democratic engagement such as:

Direct Democracy

Deliberative Democracy

Co-Governance

E-Democracy

About the Author

Brigitte Geissel is Professor of Political Sciences and Political Sociology at Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and is currently a fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School.

Kenneth Newton is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Southampton, UK.

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