Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe

A Convenient Relationship?
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-82173-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 637 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations

This book presents a systematic account of the relationship between political parties and deliberative democracy.

It shows which parties prefer deliberation, how intra-party deliberation takes place in practice beyond theoretical models and general descriptions, and how political elites and party members perceive deliberative democracy. Specifically, the book answers how party characteristics influence the use of deliberation by political parties, why intra-party deliberation differs in its use and functioning across parties, and how politicians and party members see deliberation.

This book is of key interest to scholars and students of party politics, deliberative democracy, democratic innovations, political theory, and, more broadly, comparative politics.

Chapter 13 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gherghina, Sergiu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe  Part 1: Party Characteristics and Deliberative Democracy  2. Deliberation, Plebiscitarianism and Representation: The Trilemma of Party Democratic Reforms  3. Political Ideology and Mini-Publics’ Initiation: Different Frameworks, Different Participation?  4. Ideological Imprints on Participatory Policies: The Influence of Political Parties on The Intensity and Diversity of Participatory Institutions  5. When Politics Meets Deliberation: A Country-Level Analysis in Europe  6. Collective Discussions: Deliberative Practices of European Radical Left Parties  Part 2: Explaining Intra-Party Deliberation  7. A Reflexive Account of Intra-Party Deliberation  8. Deliberative Procedures in a Deliberative Movement Party: The Agora Case in Belgium  9. Why Do Political Parties Use Democratic Innovations for Internal Reforms? The Case of the Belgian French-Speaking Christian Democratic Party  10. Staying Loyal to the Roots? Political Parties and Deliberation in Croatia  11. Challenges of Internal Deliberation: The Czech Pirate Party  12. The “Divergence of Struggles”: Deliberation and Polarisation in the Romanian Demos  Part 3: Deliberative Democracy for Politicians, Members and Voters  13. Conditions and Features of Party Deliberation: An Analysis of Four Initiatives in Spain  14. Deliberative Democracy in Iceland: Sources of Disagreement  15. Strategic Motivations and Normative Objectives: The Rationale Behind Irish Politicians’ Support for Citizens’ Assemblies  16. Government vs Opposition: How Voters, Party Members, and Politicians see Deliberation in Hungary  17. More Deliberative-Oriented Than Their Party: The Curious Case of Five Star Movement’s Supporters

Über Autor(innen)

Sergiu Gherghina is an Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.