Democratic innovation beyond deliberative reflection: the plebiscitary rebound and the advent of action-oriented democracy. Issue 3 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hendriks, Frank
• Is Part Of: Democratization. Volume 26:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 444
• Page End: 464
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Democratic innovation -- plebiscitary democracy -- do-it-ourselves democracy -- deliberative reflections -- concretization; Democracy -- Periodicals; Economic history -- 1990- -- Periodicals; Democratization -- Periodicals; 321.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2018.1547896
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1351-0347

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article investigates democratic innovations of a plebiscitary and action-oriented type that diverge from a predominantly transformative and reflective definition of democratic innovation. Conceptually, the article offers a balanced, extended framework that serves to recognize and understand a range of democratic innovations that includes non-deliberative besides deliberative models and methods. Empirically, the article offers a closer look at three exemplary cases focusing on the rebound of aggregative democracy through the (quasi-)referendum, the advent of collaborative democratic governance through concerted action, and of do-it-ourselves democracy through pragmatic activism. Ultimately, the article calls for a practice and theory of democratic innovation aware of and sensitive to the reality of democratic hybridization.