Citizenship and Democratic Innovations in Europe

This book brings together scholarship and debates on citizenship and democratic innovation, and examines how democratic innovations might change, or even consolidate, the existing contours of citizenship.

Autorentext

Ireneusz Pawe Karolewski is Professor for Political Theory and Democracy Research at Leipzig University, Germany.

Carsten Herzberg is an expert adviser at the NGO 'mitMachen' in Potsdam, Germany, where he leads in Brandenburg projects on civic education and democracy for young people.

Inhalt

Introduction: Citizenship and democratic innovations in Europe Part 1: Conceptual Debates 1. Citizenship theory and democratic innovations 2. Political trade-offs in governance between experts, politicians and citizens: A comparative study in Southern European countries Part 2: Deliberative Approaches 3. The French Citizen Climate Convention: Mini-publics and the un-deliberative democratic system 4. Political representation of denizens 5. Empowering citizens through democratic innovations: The case of Polish Citizens' Assemblies Part 3: Direct Democracy 6. Direct democracy integrity and referendums in Italy and Russia: The role of citizenship 7. The European Citizens' Initiative: Another case for Citizens' Washing 8. Democratic innovations in Serbia: In search for impact Part 4: Participatory budgeting 9. The new wave of participatory budgeting in eastern Germany: Discussing the shift from consultation to direct democracy 10. The national participatory budgeting in Portugal: Pursuing a transcalar vision of citizenship? 11. Democratic innovations in a hybrid space: Insights from participatory budgeting in Ukraine