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

What’s the point of participating?

By Markus Holdo Protests and crises put pressure on many governments these days. From the Indignados and Occupy movements to recent environmental activists, protestors have demanded to be heard. And…

Whose and what right to the city? Participation in Lisbon

13 Jun 202213 Jun 2022

By Roberto Falanga The “right to the city” is one of the best known and most widely debated concepts in social and urban studies. The concept was introduced at a…

Why listen to activists’ frustration

31 May 202231 May 2022

By Patricia García-Espín Negative sentiments towards politicians have become a cliché in everyday talks about politics across many countries. Researchers on public opinion have become so accustomed to issues of…

Democracy-Driven Governance for Climate Transition

Paola Pierri The relationship between climate and democracy has been the subject of scholarly debate for long time. Several interesting questions have been raised by democratic scholars dealing with climate…

Expanding participatory governance through digital platforms

Joan Balcells, Rosa Borge and Albert Padró-Solanet The forthcoming edited volume by Adrian Bua and Sonia Bussu, Reclaiming Participatory Governance: Social Movements and the Reinvention of Democratic Innovations, sheds light…

Democracy-Driven Governance and Decommodification

6 May 20226 May 2022

Nick Vlahos, University of Canberra The forthcoming edited volume, Reclaiming Participatory Governance: Social Movements and the Reinvention of Democratic Innovations, provides a conversation about how political economy overlaps with public…

Agora Special series on Reclaiming participatory governance: social movements and the reinvention of democratic innovations

3 May 202217 Jun 2022

Introductory post: Reclaiming participatory governance: social movements and the reinvention of democratic innovations by Adrian Bua, Sonia Bussu et al. What's the point of participating? By Markus Holdo Whose and…

Reclaiming participatory governance: social movements and the reinvention of democratic innovations

3 May 20226 May 2022

Adrian Bua and Sonia Bussu with Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Joan Balcells, Rosa Borge, Dannica Fleuß, Roberto Falanga, Patricia García-Espín, Cristina Herranz, Fabiola Mota, Albert Padró-Solanet, Sixtine Van Outryve d'Ydewalle, Nick Vlahos,…

PSA 2022 Annual Conference, York – PDD Programme

9 Apr 202211 Apr 2022

University of York’s Exhibition Centre and Spring Lane Building This year the PSA will have a Hybrid Format. What does this mean? To keep it as simple as possible, we…

Transformative academic publishing with Journal of Deliberative Democracy

28 Mar 20226 Apr 2022

We would like to invite early career researchers to an informal discussion event supported by the Journal of Deliberative Democracy and in collaboration with the Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Group…