The Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association

Decolonising Democratic Innovations: a blog series

Decolonising Democratic Innovations: Not just a research agenda - launching a new blog series, by Sonia Bussu and Dayo Eseonu Decolonising democratic innovations or decolonial praxis? by Dayo Eseonu

Decolonising democratic innovations or decolonial praxis?

29 Jan 202330 Jan 2023

Temidayo Eseounu Normative values such as inclusion, equity, representation and equality are intrinsic to the theories of participatory and deliberative democracies, which underpin democratic innovations (DIs). DIs aim to reform representative…

Decolonising Democratic Innovations: not just a research agenda

18 Dec 202221 Dec 2022

by Sonia Bussu and Dayo Eseonu with Hans Asenbaum, Nicole Curato, Dannica Fleuss, Maarten de Groot, Swati Gola, Gehad Hasanin, Azucena Moran, Melisa Ross, Oksana Potapova and Marianna Sampaio Decolonisation…

New Municipalism in Galicia and the problem of the state: The cases of Santiago and A Coruña

10 Nov 202211 Nov 2022

Adrian Bua and Jonathan Davies, Centre for Urban Research on Austerity* *An extended version of this article was originally published on the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity's (CURA) blog…

The politics of seeing and showing: Rethinking publicity in the public sphere

25 Oct 202231 Oct 2022

Image by Hans Asenbaum, Vienna IPSA World Congress 15-19 July 2023 Panel Proposal Hans Asenbaum, University of Canberra, Australia Selen Ercan, University of Canberra, Australia Ricardo Mendonça, Federal University of…

Decolonization Series

4 Oct 202213 Dec 2022

Participatory and deliberative democracy (PDD) seeks to reimagine democracy by deepening and amplifying the voices of ordinary people in the governance process. It is built on a deep-rooted conviction about…

Democracy Rebooted: Deliberative Responses to Planetary Challenges?

22 Sep 202222 Sep 2022

This is the second edition of the Democracy Rebooted webinar series, this time under the title ‘Democracy Rebooted: Deliberative Responses to Planetary Challenges?’ The series is hosted by the ECPR…

Participatory Governance – Where are we at?

30 Aug 202231 Aug 2022

Sonia Bussu The past decade has seen rapid change and upheaval. Democracy feels under threat from many sides: populism, technocracy, (algorithmic) capitalism, with many interrelated crises unfolding: climate change, inequality,…

Call for papers: PDD section at the PSA Conference 2023

The Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group will host a section of eight panels at next year’s PSA 2023 Annual Conference with the title “Political Futures” which will be convened as a…

From democracy-driven governance to techno-populism. The case of Ahora Madrid, Spain

By Fabiola Mota and Cristina Herranz The question about what came after the Indignados movement contested austerity policies and proposed new participatory forms to deepen democracy in Spain has been…