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Democratic Innovations Matt Ryan

You first What is ‘democracy’? What role do citizens play in ‘democracy’? What are the challenges in engaging citizens in political decision-making processes?

The sceptical voice “Participation will be unequal” “There will be no impact on final decision making” “Citizens don’t know enough to make good judgements” “Participation is too expensive and time-consuming” “Citizens don’t want to participate” “It only works at the local level”

Why does it matter NOW? A ‘democratic malaise’? –High levels of alienation from formal politics –Professionalisation and public misunderstanding of politics –Differential participation exacerbates inequalities –Informal politics vibrant? What are weaknesses of (1) elections; and (2) consultation exercises as modes of citizen engagement?

Remember the good ol’ days?

Deliberation decision making should not only be concerned with aggregating preferences, but also the nature of the processes through which these preferences are formed. Problems: Domination Assumptions about consensus Competence?

What does democratic innovation look like?

Orçamento participativo Citizens' Assemblies Deliberative Polls Citizens' Initiative Review Conselhos e-democracy crowdsourcing Citizens' Juries AmericaSpeaks Bilancio Solidale Plano Plurianual Participativo Participatory Planning 21st Century Town Meeting Participatory Monitoring World café Agora Charrette Citizens’ Conference Citizens' Reference Panel

E-democracy, e-government and civic tech Do current examples of the use of information and communication technology (ICT) lead to effective citizen engagement in the political decision making process? What are the opportunities / challenges of e-democracy?

Examples of e-democracy innovations 21 st Century Town Meetings Open discussion forums –Typically asynchronous dfs increasingly used by public authorities as method of consultation Restricted discussion forums –Secure, moderated sites for ‘hard to reach’ communities (e.g. Womenspeak, HeadsUp) Online deliberative poll (ODP) –Randomly selected citizens in small groups using voice-activated software –c.f. mini-publics ICT-enabled direct legislation and transparency monitoring –E-voting and petitions –Fix my street

Challenges for popular control, inclusiveness, competence and effectiveness in online innovations Digital divide and digital literacy Flaming and anonymity Lack of commitment to responsive for a by authorities –Places high demand Fragmentation of public sphere Purpose – monetisation v democracy Domination of moderators and gatekeepers Crowdsourcing and representing data Lots of bluster about online/offline communication –Multi-channel participation

Read more Smith, Graham Democratic Innovations: Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Dalton, Russell J Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices: The Erosion of Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, especially Chapter 9. Stoker, Gerry Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work. Basingstoke: Palgrave, especially Chapters 2 and 5. Dahl, Robert Democracy and its Critics. New Haven: Yale University Press, Chapter 1 ‘The First Transformation’ Pateman, Carole Participation and Democratic Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, especially Chapters 1, 3, 4. Sanders, Lynn ‘Against Deliberation’. Political Theory 25(3): Bryan, Frank Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How it Works. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Lang, Amy (2007). ‘But Is It for Real? The British Columbia Citizens ﾒ Assembly as a Model of State-Sponsored Citizen Empowerment’, Politics and Society 35, 1: Particpedia.net Coleman, Stephen Connecting Parliament to the Public via the Internet: Two case studies of online consultations. Information, Communication and Society 7 (1):1-22 Wright, Scott Government-run Online Discussion Fora: Moderation, Censorship and the Shadow of Control. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 8 (4): Tiago democracyspot.net Paolo Spada