Experimental Research in Democratic Innovations

Abstract

The panel gathers papers concerning experimental research in democratic innovations, preferably papers reporting empirical evidence from experiments. Since democratic innovations can take many forms – ranging from deliberative mini-publics, participatory budgeting to e-petitioning systems – the effects these have on both individuals and, in the long run, on societies are not necessarily uniform nor are the causal mechanisms leading to these effects. By bringing together methodological discussions and experimental evidence from various contexts and concerning varying democratic innovations, this panel will bring new methodological solutions and knowledge on the mechanisms and effects of different democratic innovations.

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Power to the people? Experimental evidence on the potential of citizen involvement to foster political trust	View Paper Details
The virtues of online deliberation: an experimental study of democratic outcomes of facilitated deliberation in an online context	View Paper Details
Deliberating about Democratic Preferences	View Paper Details
Deliberative Democracy and Electoral Reform in South Africa: A Campus Experiment	View Paper Details
Two Mechanisms of Accountability: An Experimental Approach	View Paper Details