Democratic innovations
Subtitle: designing institutions for citizen participation
By: Graham Smith.
Series: Theories of institutional design
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780521514774; 9780521730709
Subjects: Political participation; Direct democracy; Legislation -- Citizen participation; Budget -- Citizen participation; Internet -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Studying democratic innovations : an analytical framework; title: Popular assemblies : from New England town meetings to participatory budgeting; title: Mini-publics : assemblies by random selection; title: Direct legislation : direct democracy through the ballot box; title: E-democracy : the promise of information and communication technology; title: Realising the goods of democratic institutions.