Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe

Sergiu Gherghina is an Associate Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.

1. Introduction: Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe Part 1: Party Characteristics and Deliberative Democracy 2. Deliberation, Plebiscitarianism and Representation: The Trilemma of Party Democratic Reforms 3. Political Ideology and Mini-Publics’ Initiation: Different Frameworks, Different Participation? 4. Ideological Imprints on Participatory Policies: The Influence of Political Parties on The Intensity and Diversity of Participatory Institutions 5. When Politics Meets Deliberation: A Country-Level Analysis in Europe 6. Collective Discussions: Deliberative Practices of European Radical Left Parties Part 2: Explaining Intra-Party Deliberation 7. A Reflexive Account of Intra-Party Deliberation 8. Deliberative Procedures in a Deliberative Movement Party: The Agora Case in Belgium 9. Why Do Political Parties Use Democratic Innovations for Internal Reforms? The Case of the Belgian French-Speaking Christian Democratic Party 10. Staying Loyal to the Roots? Political Parties and Deliberation in Croatia 11. Challenges of Internal Deliberation: The Czech Pirate Party 12. The “Divergence of Struggles”: Deliberation and Polarisation in the Romanian Part 3: Deliberative Democracy for Politicians, Members and Voters 13. Conditions and Features of Party Deliberation: An Analysis of Four Initiatives in Spain 14. Deliberative Democracy in Iceland: Sources of Disagreement 15. Strategic Motivations and Normative Objectives: The Rationale Behind Irish Politicians’ Support for Citizens’ Assemblies 16. Government vs Opposition: How Voters, Party Members, and Politicians see Deliberation in Hungary 17. More Deliberative-Oriented Than Their Party: The Curious Case of Five Star Movement’s Supporters