Democratic Innovation in Times of Crisis: Exploring Changes in Social and Political Trust. Issue 1 (6th August 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Democratic Innovation in Times of Crisis: Exploring Changes in Social and Political Trust. Issue 1 (6th August 2020)
- Main Title:
- Democratic Innovation in Times of Crisis: Exploring Changes in Social and Political Trust
- Authors:
- Karlsson, Martin
Åström, Joachim
Adenskog, Magnus - Abstract:
- Abstract : The Estonian Citizens' Assembly (ECA) was initiated in late 2012 as a direct consequence of a legitimacy crisis of Estonian political parties and representative institutions. The spark igniting this crisis was the unraveling of a scheme of illegal party financing. The response from governmental institutions took the form of a democratic innovation involving public crowd‐sourcing and deliberative mini‐publics. This study reports on a survey among the participants in the online crowd‐sourcing process of the ECA ( n = 847). The study examines how this democratic innovation influenced participants' social and political trust as well as the impact of participants' predispositions and level of satisfaction with the ECA on changes in trust. We find that participants that had positive predispositions and who were satisfied with the ECA were more likely to gain trust. Furthermore, we also find that the participants, in general, became more distrustful of political institutions, while their participation fostered increased social trust. This outcome differs from the intentions of the Estonian institutions which organized the ECA and sheds new light on the role of democratic innovations in the context of legitimacy crises. This is an important step forward in the scholarly understanding of the relationship between democratic innovation and trust. Abstract : 爱沙尼亚公民大会(ECA)于2012年末发起, 这是由爱沙尼亚政党及代表机构遭遇合法性危机所直接导致的。引起这次危机的导火索是党派非法集资的败露。政府机构对此的响应采取民主创新形式,Abstract : The Estonian Citizens' Assembly (ECA) was initiated in late 2012 as a direct consequence of a legitimacy crisis of Estonian political parties and representative institutions. The spark igniting this crisis was the unraveling of a scheme of illegal party financing. The response from governmental institutions took the form of a democratic innovation involving public crowd‐sourcing and deliberative mini‐publics. This study reports on a survey among the participants in the online crowd‐sourcing process of the ECA ( n = 847). The study examines how this democratic innovation influenced participants' social and political trust as well as the impact of participants' predispositions and level of satisfaction with the ECA on changes in trust. We find that participants that had positive predispositions and who were satisfied with the ECA were more likely to gain trust. Furthermore, we also find that the participants, in general, became more distrustful of political institutions, while their participation fostered increased social trust. This outcome differs from the intentions of the Estonian institutions which organized the ECA and sheds new light on the role of democratic innovations in the context of legitimacy crises. This is an important step forward in the scholarly understanding of the relationship between democratic innovation and trust. Abstract : 爱沙尼亚公民大会(ECA)于2012年末发起, 这是由爱沙尼亚政党及代表机构遭遇合法性危机所直接导致的。引起这次危机的导火索是党派非法集资的败露。政府机构对此的响应采取民主创新形式, 涉及公共众包与微型公众审议机制。本研究就一项ECA网络众包过程参与者调查(n=847)进行汇报。本研究检验了这项民主创新实践如何影响参与者的社会信任、政治信任, 并检验了参与者倾向及对ECA的满意程度对信任变化产生的影响。我们发现, 具有积极倾向、对ECA表示满意的参与者更有可能获得信任。此外, 我们还发现, 总体而言参与者对政治机构越来越不信任, 同时他们的参与促进了社会信任的增加。该结果以组织ECA的爱沙尼亚机构的动机为出发点, 对民主创新在正当性危机背景下发挥的作用进行了新的诠释。 此举在对民主创新与信任之间的关系的学术理解上迈出了重要的一步。 Abstract : La Asamblea de Ciudadanos de Estonia (CEPA) se inició a fines de 2012 como consecuencia directa de una crisis de legitimidad de los partidos políticos e instituciones representativas de Estonia. La chispa que encendió esta crisis fue el desentraño de un esquema de financiamiento ilegal de partidos. La respuesta de las instituciones gubernamentales adoptó la forma de una innovación democrática que incluyó el suministro público de multitudes y los mini públicos deliberativos. Este estudio informa sobre una encuesta entre los participantes en el proceso de contratación colectiva en línea del ECA (n = 847). El estudio examina cómo esta innovación democrática influyó en la confianza social y política de los participantes, así como el impacto de las predisposiciones de los participantes y el nivel de satisfacción con la ECA en los cambios de confianza. Encontramos que los participantes que tenían predisposiciones positivas y que estaban satisfechos con el ECA tenían más probabilidades de ganar confianza. Además, también encontramos que los participantes en general desconfiaron de las instituciones políticas, mientras que su participación fomentó una mayor confianza social. Este resultado se aparta de las intenciones de las instituciones estonias que organizaron la CEPA y arroja nueva luz sobre el papel de las innovaciones democráticas en el contexto de las crisis de legitimidad. Este es un importante paso adelante en la comprensión académica de la relación entre innovación democrática y confianza. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Policy and internet. Volume 13:Issue 1(2021)
- Journal:
- Policy and internet
- Issue:
- Volume 13:Issue 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0013-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 113
- Page End:
- 133
- Publication Date:
- 2020-08-06
- Subjects:
- online participation -- political trust -- social trust -- democratic innovation -- crowdsourcing -- Estonian Citizens' Assembly -- deliberation
网络参与 -- 政治信任 -- 社会信任 -- 民主创新 -- 众包 -- 爱沙尼亚公民大会(Estonian Citizens' Assembly) -- 商议
participación en línea -- confianza política -- confianza social -- innovación democrática -- crowdsourcing -- asamblea de ciudadanos de Estonia -- deliberación
Internet -- Government policy -- Periodicals
338.926 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1944-2866 ↗
http://www.bepress.com/pso_internet ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1002/poi3.248 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1944-2866
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