Demokratie 'demokratisieren': Experimente der Burgerbeteiligung in den italienischen Regionalgesetzen
In: Der moderne Staat: dms ; Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 507-522
ISSN: 1865-7192
'Democratisation' of Democracy: Participatory Experiments in Italian Regional Laws. The future of democracy is intensively discussed. As compensation to the deficits of the traditional representative democracy in recent years, a third option has been identified beneath direct democracy. It's the case of deliberative and associative democracy which fosters the active participation of civil society to increase the consensus and acceptance of political decisions as well as the accountability of political acts. This new method of decision making is studied in this article. It is based on a number of new Italian regional laws, aiming to promote citizens' engagement through the submission of 'participation projects'. Adapted from the source document.