This book examines democratic innovations from around the world, drawing lessons for the future development of both democratic theory and practice.

In the face of increasing political disenchantment, many Western governments have experimented, with innovations which aim to enhance the working and quality of

Democratic innovations are proliferating in politics, governance, policy, and public administration. These new processes of public participation are reimagining

Representative democracy is often seen as a stable institutional system insusceptible to change. However, the preferences of the broad public are changing and r

Public authorities from all levels of government increasingly turn to Citizens' Assemblies, Juries, Panels and other representative deliberative processes to ta