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Survey Article Democratic Innovations: Bringing Theory and Practice into Dialogue
Author(s) -
Smith Graham
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2011.00448.x
Subject(s) - democracy , value (mathematics) , democratic theory , politics , sociology , political science , process (computing) , epistemology , law , computer science , philosophy , machine learning , operating system
In recent years there has been an ‘institutional turn’ in democratic theory. This survey article focuses on a broad family of institutions: democratic innovations which aim to increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision‐making process. Attention to the design of democratic innovations is of value to the development of both democratic theory and practice.