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Democratic Innovations: Uses and Perceptions

Democracy
Political Participation
Referendums and Initiatives
Comparative Perspective
Decision Making
S17
Camille Bedock
Institut d'Études Politiques de Bordeaux
Sergiu Gherghina
University of Glasgow
Min Reuchamps
Université catholique de Louvain

Endorsed by the ECPR Standing Group on Democratic Innovations


Abstract

The last two decades have marked a rapid development in the use of democratic innovations throughout the world. While their origins and functions have been analyzed in detail, we know relatively little about how democratic innovations are perceived by those who initiate them, participate or have the responsibility to implement their outcomes. The 2021 ECPR General Conference Section on Democratic Innovations aims to bridge the gap between various perspectives on democratic innovations and welcomes papers and panels that focus on various democratic innovations but also on how those involved in democratic innovations understand, perceive and influence their functioning. The section invites paper and panel submissions that speak to any of the following themes and general questions: 1. Perceptions of democratic innovations: How do citizens, practitioners and decision-makers relate to democratic innovations? How are they perceived by those who get involved in it and by external actors? What is the potential of DIs to increase participation? 2. Democratic innovations in theory and in practice: How and why political or non-political actors engage in democratic innovations? How do democratic innovations address policy problems through citizens’ involvement? How can we relate theories of democratic innovations with the way they function in practice? 3. The Challenges of Outcomes: What are the challenges faced by institutions and decision-makers in implementing the outcomes of democratic innovations? How does citizens’ involvement in democratic innovations alter the quality of democracy? What are the consequences of democratic innovations on the political process as a whole? Panels (descriptions and papers are available): 1. Deliberative democracy after mini-publics (Nicole Curato and Kimmo Gronlund) 2. Democracy and Climate Change: Challenges for Democratic Innovation (Simon Niemeyer and Hannah Werner) 3. Deliberative mini-publics: A maxi-public perspective (Lisa van Dijk and Alexander Geisler) 4. Normative perspectives on citizens' assemblies (Graham Smith) 5. New boundaries of epistemic concerns in deliberative democracy (Rod Dacombe and Marta Wojciechowska) 6. Direct democracy and its use at different levels (Nanuli Silagadze and Petar Bankov) 7. Media and democratic innovations – Media as a public sphere or an actor or both? (Marina Lindell and Kim Strandberg) 8. Destructive or Deliberative? Deliberation among the Political Elite (Emma Turkenburg and Ine Goovaerts) 9. The role of local entities in democratic innovation/participatory democracy: institutional and relational aspects (Elisabeth Alber and Norbert Kersting) 10. Public support for democratic innovations. Does the devil lie in the details? (Jean-Benoit Pilet) 11. Democratic Deliberation and Under-Represented Groups in Europe (Monika Mokre and Sergiu Miscoiu) 12. Referendums and Policies: Explaining Choices, Challenges and Impact (Sergiu Gherghina and Raluca Lutai)
Code Title Details
P019 Advancing Open Science Practices Within the Democratic Innovations Field View Panel Details
P092 Democracy and Climate Change: Challenges for Democratic Innovation View Panel Details
P103 Destructive or Deliberative? Deliberation among the Political Elite View Panel Details
P116 Direct democracy and its use at multiple levels View Panel Details
P148 Examining the links between deliberative minipublics, democratic legitimacy perceptions, and the wider public View Panel Details
P249 Media and democratic innovations – Media as a public sphere or an actor or both? View Panel Details
P275 New boundaries of epistemic concerns in deliberative democracy: Towards Possible Solutions View Panel Details
P276 New Boundaries of Epistemic Concerns in Deliberative Democracy: What are the Challenges? View Panel Details
P281 Normative perspectives on citizens' assemblies View Panel Details
P283 Online consultations: an old-new democratic innovation? View Panel Details
P346 Public support for democratic innovations. Does the devil lie in the details? View Panel Details
P352 Referendums and Policies: Explaining Choices, Challenges and Impact View Panel Details
P405 The consequences of social, contextual and political inequalities on democratic innovations View Panel Details
P423 The long-term consequences of democratic innovations View Panel Details