Future of Self-Governing, Thriving Democracies - Democratic Innovations By, With and for the People

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens the power to deliberate and to decide how to govern themselves.

List of contents

Introduction: A Visionary Thriving Democracy Part 1: Thriving Democracies: Principles of self-governing 1. Citizens decide on how they govern themselves 2. Citizens monitor continuous adaption 3. Citizens' will-formation is tightly connected to decision-making Part 2: Why existing democracies fail to realize self-governing 4. Self-governing: citizens' preferences and competencies 5. No established practice suffices to realizing self-governing 6. No existing experiment suffices to realizing self-governing Part 3: Thriving Democracies: Visionary setups for realizing self-governing 7. Practices for will-formation and decision-making 8. Procedures connecting will-formation and decision-making 9. Novel public agencies and legal norms. Conclusion: Thriving Democracies - our future

About the author

Brigitte Geissel is Professor of Political Science and Political Sociology and Head of the Research Unit 'Democratic Innovations' at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

Summary

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating giving citizens the power to deliberate and to decide how to govern themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Brigitte Geißel, Brigitte (Goethe University Geissel, Geissel Brigitte
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032285047
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3228504-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government