{"title":"Index","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"2017 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131480858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons From Democratic Innovations","authors":"Graham Smith","doi":"10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Democratic innovations, variously described as ‘empowered participation’ or ‘civic innovation’, are designed to increase and deepen citizen participation in the decisions that affect them directly. This chapter reviews current understanding of participatory processes such as citizens’ assemblies, citizens’ juries, deliberative polling, participatory budgeting, study circles, town meetings, and online dialogues; and considers their impact along with an analysis of the implications of different participatory designs on democratic qualities and policy outcomes. One of the limitations of the burgeoning literature on democratic innovations is the tendency to focus on exemplary cases, which often underplays the variety of conditions that need to be in place for the success of these forms of public engagement. Close attention is given to the different approaches taken with participatory budgeting and randomly selected mini-publics in diverse contexts, to illustrate both the substantial potential of democratic innovations to improve democratic politics and their vulnerabilities to misapplication.","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122213888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Realism and Democratic Renewal","authors":"Nicholas Pearce","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.7","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter examines two types of realist challenge to ideas for democratic renewal. The realist political scientists stress the role of irrational, group-based behaviour amongst the electorate, and the capture of democratic processes by powerful and wealthy elites. They see little scope of civic participation reversing the hollowing out of representative democracy and mainstream political parties. On the other hand, realist political theorists focus on practical advice and political action, rather than ideal theory; and are concerned with rhetoric and persuasion, as much as public reason. It is argued that the second type of realist challenge can help us better understand how to advance state-citizen cooperation through practical initiatives such as citizens assemblies, participation in local government, digital democracy, the opening up of political parties; and how these can be supported by applying realist theorists’ insights to the reforming of political institutions, harnessing passion in social activism, and the development of citizenship education.","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128852940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deliberative Engagement with Complex Policies","authors":"S. Burall","doi":"10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Elections are important for determining broad political direction, but they cannot by themselves effectively draw out voters’ preferences and interests in order to inform and influence the wide range of policy decisions required for the functioning of a modern economy. Engaging small, representative groups of the public in complex and controversial policy decisions can be one way to build a better understanding of the interests and preferences of the public about specific policy decisions.\u0000This chapter explores approaches that have been used across the world, from the Danish Board of Technology’s Consensus Conferences, the Brazilian experiments in Participatory Budgeting, to AmericaSpeaks’ 21st Century Town Hall events, and the UK Government’s Sciencewise programme.\u0000It explains why, when run well, such deliberative processes can have a profound impact on policy and its resulting acceptance by the public. However, it also points out they need much wider institutional adoption and increased deliberative capacity and sets out what both national and local government need to do more to address these obstacles.","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"53 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129494265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Young People and Everyday Democracy","authors":"James Sloam","doi":"10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter poses the question of how young people can be engaged politically both during and between elections. It begins with a discussion of the role of contact and interactions between citizens and policymakers in contemporary democracies, which spring from civic republican conceptions of good and active citizens. It asserts that the civic republican models of citizen-to-state relations are unlikely to work without the intensification of policy engagement at a local level. While small-scale, everyday democracy is a promising pathway to political engagement, contact with politicians and public officials has been overwhelmingly the preserve of those who are predominantly middle-aged, college-educated and financially well-off. To raise the involvement of young people, any localized approach to youth engagement must be scaffolded by political and social institutions: primarily, local government, schools and universities. The chapter goes on to consider the performance of a number of local and national initiatives to engage younger citizens in the policy process and reflect upon the lessons from these experiences.","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121245351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Renewal of State‒Citizen Cooperation","authors":"Henry Tam","doi":"10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0015","url":null,"abstract":"The concluding chapter draws from the analyses and findings from the rest of the book and puts forward a set of key recommendations for politicians, officials, advisors, and civic activists to help them steer clear of common pitfalls and adopt reliable practices to reconnect state and citizens. These cover how to focus on making citizen engagement a lever for change, so that citizens are confident that their involvement will make a difference; how to identify and publicise the value of democratic cooperation, especially in quantifying the social, political and economic gains more consistently and explicitly; how to select appropriate and feasible involvement approaches in the light of different circumstances; how to cultivate inclusive community relations on a sustained basis; and invest in the development of civic leadership so that the necessary skills and understanding are in place. The chapter closes by pointing to how policies for strengthening state-citizen cooperation have succeeded and can be replicated on a large scale in different countries.","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132700136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Back Matter","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130683946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Promoting the ‘Take Part’ Approach","authors":"M. Mayo, Z. Mendiwelso-Bendek, C. Packham","doi":"10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781529200980.003.0013","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the ways in which the ‘Take Part’ approach has been contributing to the promotion of active citizenship and community engagement. The approach was developed through a series of government initiatives under the Together We Can programme, and drew upon the contributions of Paulo Freire, Orlando Fals-Borda, and other international pioneers of learning for social transformation, starting from people’s own experiences and interests, and critically reflecting upon these as the basis for developing strategies for change. The authors look at how the approach has been promoted and applied in the UK, US, and Columbia, to empower individual citizens and their communities to acquire the confidence and competence to set out their concerns, whilst encouraging the relevant structures of governance to learn to listen and respond more effectively, to build a more active and engaged civil society and a more responsive and effective state that can deliver needed public services.","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130022386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Government With The People","authors":"Rebecca L. Brown","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvcb59gp.6","url":null,"abstract":"In his bold new book, Christopher L. Eisgruber argues that constitutionalism, and its servant, judicial review, are a means for the people of our democracy to exercise their right to govern themselves. This review emphasizes the importance of Eisgruber's new answer to Alexander Bickel and the counter-majoritarian difficulty. Eisgruber responds to Bickel with a rejection of majority rule, as inconsistent with true democratic principle. This review essay probes the vehicle by which Eisgruber seeks to situate judicial review in a robust democratic system, the principle of impartiality. Impartiality - an alternative to majority rule - is the government's obligation to maintain some effective mechanism for responding to the interests of all persons, and judicial review is that mechanism. The review questions the very broad role that this book gives to courts in answering moral questions, and suggests that only one type of moral question is appropriate for the judiciary to resolve: whether a particular government act is consistent with principles of justice in a free society. Notwithstanding some critique at the margins, the review applauds Eisgruber's effort to understand our democracy not only as government of the people and by the people, but also as government for the people.","PeriodicalId":345886,"journal":{"name":"Whose Government is it?","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116549665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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