Democratic Innovations at the Local Level

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ECPR General Conference
Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo
6 - 9 September 2017

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Democratic Innovations at the Local Level

Democracy

Governance

Local Government

Political Participation

Political Engagement

Panel Number:

P088

Panel Chair

Maija Jäske

University of Turku

Panel Co-Chair

Lauri Rapeli

Åbo Akademi

Panel Discussant(s)

Brigitte Geißel

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Section The Diversity of Democratic Innovations - Adapting Democratic Innovations to Different Challenges of Democracy

Date and Time

Friday 09:00 - 10:40 (08/09/2017)

Building: BL27 Georg Sverdrups hus Floor: 3 Room: GS 3512

Abstract

Most democratic innovations take place at the local rather than the national level. This panel describes the successes and failures of establishing democratic innovations at the local level.

Title	Details
Deepening Democracy: Democratic Innovations in the Case of the Basque 'Local Independent Platforms' (1991-2016)	View Paper Details
Local Alliances as a new form of Network Governance in Germany	View Paper Details
Managed Transition: Local Governance between (mis)Trust in Experts and Citizen Participation	View Paper Details
Facing Disagreement: Social Media and Public Deliberation	View Paper Details
Direct Democracy as a Cure from the Democratic Malaise? Decision-Making by Referenda at the Local Level	View Paper Details