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ECPR General Conference Glasgow, 03 - 06 September 2014

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Participatory Democracy Against Corruption?

Democracy

Democratisation

Education

Presenter(s)

Francoise Montambeault

Université de Montréal

Author(s)

Laurence Bherer

Université de Montréal

Francoise Montambeault

Université de Montréal

Panel Do Democratic Innovations Improve the Quality of Democracy?

Abstract

There is a common underlying assumption in parts of the literature that participatory democracy is some sort of a safeguard against corruption. Often defined as a ‘best practice’, participatory democracy can not only prevent corruption, through transparent policy-making processes, but also contribute to overcome existing practices of corruption in the daily workings of governments. 