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The focus of the Standing Group is on innovations that aim at deepening 'thin' representative democracy and their impacts on communities, structures, systems, policies and democratic participation. Despite a fundamental triumph of democracy, several tendencies in contemporary democratic systems give rise to concern, e. g. declining voter turnout and the support for populist parties or policies. Many scholars have called for more participatory forms of democracy where citizens are effectively included in political decision-making. By now, several democratic innovations have been tried out – different forms of citizen deliberation, direct democracy or governance with citizens’ associations. The focus of the Standing Group is to evaluate the benefits, disadvantages and shortcomings of democratic innovations. The SG organizes sections at the ECPR General Conference, and sponsors Workshops at the Joint Sessions.

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First Name   Last Name   Institution   No. of Interests   Committee Role   Marina Lindell Åbo Akademi Michael E Morrell University of Connecticut James Pow Queen's University Belfast Co-Chair Hannah Werner KU Leuven    Loading… Loading…

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First Name   Last Name   Institution   No. of Interests   Peter Esaiasson University of Gothenburg Didier Caluwaerts Vrije Universiteit Brussel Peter Bursens Universiteit Antwerpen Petra Meier Universiteit Antwerpen Giulia Sandri Université catholique de Lille – ESPOL Karin Hilmer Pedersen Aarhus Universitet Kaisa Herne Tampere University JOCHEN FRANZKE Universität Potsdam Christina Eder GESIS, Leibniz Petra Ahrens Tampere University Stefania Ravazzi Università degli Studi di Torino Luca Ozzano Università degli Studi di Torino Page 1 of 32 (374 items)1234567…303132 Loading…