Complementary Democracy The Art Of Deliberative Listening Matt Qvortrup Editor Daniela Vancic Editor by Matt Qvortrup (editor); Daniela Vancic (editor) 9783110747331, 3110747332 instant download after payment.

Democracy is on the run, and elected governments are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. Legislatures are increasingly seen as unrepresentative. To give legitimacy to democratic government, experts argue that we need more democracy and more opportunities for direct citizen participation. Representative democracy needs to be complemented by forms of direct engagement, such as referendums, popular votes, the recall, citizens’ juries, eDemocracy, etc. This is what we term Complementary Democracy. In this book experts from the worlds of practice and theory come together to explain – and occasionally critique – these complements to representative democracy. The volume provides an invaluable starting point for anyone who wants to know more about the new directions of democratic governance, and hopes to inspire those who seek to build stronger democracies.

• A complete & comprehensive overview of the new and innovative democratic tools described as complementary democracy
• A primer for anything to do with deliberative & discursive democracy
• A summary of the state-of-the-art tools of citizen engagement