TY - CHAP
T1 - Democratic innovation in Australasia
AU - Alver, Jane
AU - Parry, Lucy J.
AU - Thompson, Nivek
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Diversity in political regimes and cultures across the region of Australasia demand a nuanced understanding of democratic innovation. In this chapter, we highlight prominent democratic innovations in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Small Island Developing States. Whilst Australia has seen a proliferation of mini-publics commissioned by state and local governments, New Zealand has taken action at the national level in terms of representative innovation. In the Pacific region, it is civil society organisations that take the lead enhancing democracy, in the absence of well-functioning democratic institutions. This varied experience demonstrates that democratic innovation can and does occur at all levels of, and outside of, government institutions. We argue that this also presents a valuable opportunity for democratic learning across this region, with each example discussed here offering an important contribution to the practice of democratic innovation.
AB - Diversity in political regimes and cultures across the region of Australasia demand a nuanced understanding of democratic innovation. In this chapter, we highlight prominent democratic innovations in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Small Island Developing States. Whilst Australia has seen a proliferation of mini-publics commissioned by state and local governments, New Zealand has taken action at the national level in terms of representative innovation. In the Pacific region, it is civil society organisations that take the lead enhancing democracy, in the absence of well-functioning democratic institutions. This varied experience demonstrates that democratic innovation can and does occur at all levels of, and outside of, government institutions. We argue that this also presents a valuable opportunity for democratic learning across this region, with each example discussed here offering an important contribution to the practice of democratic innovation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088624964&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://books.google.com.au/books?id=P7bEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR3&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false
U2 - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786433862
DO - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786433862
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781786433855
T3 - Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance
SP - 435
EP - 448
BT - Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance
A2 - Elstub, Stephen
A2 - Escobar, Oliver
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing
ER -