Rethinking Democratic Innovations: A Look through the Kaleidoscope of Democratic Theory

The study of democratic innovations has long been situated in the deliberative paradigm. Today, however, a new scholarly generation conceptualizes democratic innovations from various theoretical angles. This article reviews participatory, agonistic and transformative accounts of democratic innovatio...

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Published in:	Political Studies Review Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 680 - 690
Main Author:	Asenbaum, Hans
Format:	Book Review Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01-11-2022
Subjects:	democratic theory democratic innovations perspectivism theory triangulation
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Summary:	The study of democratic innovations has long been situated in the deliberative paradigm. Today, however, a new scholarly generation conceptualizes democratic innovations from various theoretical angles. This article reviews participatory, agonistic and transformative accounts of democratic innovations. This multiperspectival analysis presents democratic innovations in a new light. The term changes its meaning, going beyond institutions designed by experts to include the remaking of the structures that govern our everyday lives. Democratic innovations interrupt established modes of governance and create spaces for systemic transformations.
ISSN:	1478-9299 1478-9302
DOI:	10.1177/14789299211052890