Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations
About the Book Series
Representative democracy faces several major challenges in contemporary times. Two of the most prominent challenges are the problematic functioning of its institutions and the decreasing popular legitimacy of its decision-making process. The gap between citizens and institutions widens and has major impact on politics and society.
This book series on Democratic Innovations bridges the gap between various perspectives on democratic innovations. It examines the determinants, functioning and consequences of democratic innovations from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. It accepts proposals in the form of monographs or edited volumes that feature relevant aspects for the development of this area of research and both single-case studies and comparative approaches on any form of democratic innovation as long as these are of interest to a broader audience. Of particular interest will be:
- democratic innovations in theory and in practice
- the impact of democratic innovations on policy, politics or society
- how those involved in democratic innovations understand, perceive and influence their functioning
- the contemporary challenges of democratic innovations
If you have an idea for a new book in Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations, please approach the series editors via e-mail to discuss your project and to receive the required template for book proposals.
:
Sergiu Gherghina: [email protected]
Camille Bedock: [email protected]
Public Deliberation in the Digital Age: Platforms, Participation, and Legitimacy
1st Edition
Edited
By Emilien Paulis, Raphaël Kies, Alina Östling
October 10, 2025
This book provides a comprehensive examination of how digital platforms shape deliberative processes and democratic engagement, combining theoretical insights with empirical evidence. It draws on typologies, conceptual models, case studies, comparative analyses, and ethical reflections to assess ...
Deliberative Constitution-making: Opportunities and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Min Reuchamps, Yanina Welp
December 18, 2024
This book explains deliberative constitution-making with a special focus on the connections between participation, representation and legitimacy and provides a general overview of what the challenges and prospects of deliberative constitution-making are today. It seeks to provide a more complete ...
Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe: A Convenient Relationship?
1st Edition
Edited
By Sergiu Gherghina
November 15, 2024
This book presents a systematic account of the relationship between political parties and deliberative democracy. It shows which parties prefer deliberation, how intra-party deliberation takes place in practice beyond theoretical models and general descriptions, and how political elites and party ...
Reclaiming Participatory Governance: Social Movements and the Reinvention of Democratic Innovation
1st Edition
Edited
By Adrian Bua, Sonia Bussu
October 04, 2024
Reclaiming Participatory Governance offers empirical and theoretical perspectives on how the relationship between social movements and state institutions is emerging and developing through new modes of participatory governance. One of the most interesting political developments of the past decade ...
The Future of Self-Governing, Thriving Democracies: Democratic Innovations By, With and For the People
1st Edition
By Brigitte Geissel
May 27, 2024
This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating to give citizens the power to deliberate and to decide how to govern themselves. Innovatively building on and integrating components of representative, deliberative and participatory theories of democracy with empirical ...