Evaluating Democratic Innovations

Evaluating Democratic Innovations
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9781136579967
ISBN-13 : 1136579966
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Book Synopsis Evaluating Democratic Innovations by : Kenneth Newton

Download or read book Evaluating Democratic Innovations written by Kenneth Newton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of increasing political disenchantment, many Western governments have experimented, with innovations which aim to enhance the working and quality of democracy as well as increasing citizens’ political awareness and understanding of political matters. This text is the most comprehensive account of these various democratic innovations. Written by an outstanding team of international experts it examines the theories behind these democratic innovations, how they have worked in practice and evaluates their success or failure. It explains experiments with new forms of democratic engagement such as: Direct Democracy Deliberative Democracy Co-Governance E-Democracy Drawing on a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and with a broad range of case studies, this is essential reading for all students of democratic theory and all those with an interest in how we might revitalise democracy and increase citizen involvement in the political process.


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