Citizenship and Democratic Innovations in Europe

Introduction: Citizenship and democratic innovations in Europe

Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski and Carsten Herzberg

Part 1: Conceptual Debates

1. Citizenship theory and democratic innovations

Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski

2. Political trade-offs in governance between experts, politicians and citizens: A comparative study in Southern European countries

Ernesto Ganuza and Arturo Rodríguez Sáez

Part 2: Deliberative Approaches

3. The French Citizen Climate Convention: Mini-publics and the un-deliberative democratic system

Simon Baeckelandt and Julien Talpin

4. Political representation of denizens

Petra Guasti and Brigitte Geißel

5. Empowering citizens through democratic innovations: The case of Polish Citizens’ assemblies

Joanna Podgórska-Rykała and Janusz Grygieńć

Part 3: Direct Democracy

6. Direct democracy integrity and referendums in Italy and Russia: The role of citizenship

Norbert Kersting

7. The European citizens’ initiative: Another case for citizens’ washing

Thomas Hieber

8. Democratic innovations in Serbia: In search for impact

Ivana Damnjanović

Part 4: Participatory Budgeting

9. The new wave of participatory budgeting in Eastern Germany: Discussing the shift from consultation to direct democracy

Carsten Herzberg

10. The national participatory budgeting in Portugal: Pursuing a transcalar vision of citizenship?

Giovanni Allegretti and Miguel Silva Graça

11. Democratic innovations in a hybrid space: Insights from participatory budgeting in Ukraine

Dmitrij Wolodin

Biography

Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski is Professor for Political Theory and Democracy Research at Leipzig University, Germany.

Carsten Herzberg is an expert adviser at the NGO ‘mitMachen’ in Potsdam, Germany, where he leads in Brandenburg projects on civic education and democracy for young people.

"Citizens´ juries, participatory budgeting and direct democracy: this book presents a detailed analysis of the most important democratic innovations in Western and Eastern Europe in the last decades."

Yves Sintomer, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK

"When democratic life weakens, the knee-jerk reaction is to innovate. Innovation could lead to salvation and the question is for whom: could the citizens benefit - or would  reinterpreting democracy lead to throwing the baby with the bath water, leading to unchecked rule? This innovative collection walks the tightrope of rigorous clarity between the two scenarios and is guided by the unquestionable ideal of keeping democratic legitimation of power alive." 

Dimitry V. Kochenov, Central European University Democracy Institute, Budapest and Vienna