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Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times
| Resumo: | Democratic innovations designed to deepen citizen involvement, inclusion, and decision-making legitimacy increasingly face a question: how can experimental practices transition into stable and enduring institutional forms capable of sustaining meaningful impacts? Institutionalization exceeds legal codification, spanning regulatory, administrative, and cultural processes that socially and politically embed participatory practices in the contexts where they take place. This includes the symbolic aspect whereby citizens recognize these innovations as indispensable to democracy’s fabric, thanks to the authority and legitimacy conquered through their own concrete impacts. This editorial stresses that institutionalization involves balancing standardization for durability with maintaining creativity and flexibility to avoid ossification or co-optation. Hence, some challenges emerge, such as the Collingridge dilemma, according to which governing fast-evolving innovations struggles to keep pace with the incremental slow-rhythm of legal adaptation. Through a brief synthesis of the articles that compose this thematic issue, this text highlights how theoretical reflections and empirical case studies are combined to show how different political and cultural contexts shape institutionalization dynamics. Collectively, these contributions enrich the understanding of how democratic innovations can foster more inclusive, resilient democratic governance amid contemporary challenges. |
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| Autores principais: | Fiket, Irena |
| Outros Autores: | Pudar Drasko, Gazela; Allegretti, Giovanni |
| Assunto: | citizen participation; Collingridge dilemma; democratic innovations; embedding participatory practices; institutionalization; participatory governance |
| Ano: | 2026 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Cogitatio Press |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Politics and Governance |
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| author | Fiket, Irena |
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| dc.source.none.fl_str_mv | Politics and Governance; Vol 14 (2026): Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times 2183-2463 10.17645/pag.i479 |
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| description | Democratic innovations designed to deepen citizen involvement, inclusion, and decision-making legitimacy increasingly face a question: how can experimental practices transition into stable and enduring institutional forms capable of sustaining meaningful impacts? Institutionalization exceeds legal codification, spanning regulatory, administrative, and cultural processes that socially and politically embed participatory practices in the contexts where they take place. This includes the symbolic aspect whereby citizens recognize these innovations as indispensable to democracy’s fabric, thanks to the authority and legitimacy conquered through their own concrete impacts. This editorial stresses that institutionalization involves balancing standardization for durability with maintaining creativity and flexibility to avoid ossification or co-optation. Hence, some challenges emerge, such as the Collingridge dilemma, according to which governing fast-evolving innovations struggles to keep pace with the incremental slow-rhythm of legal adaptation. Through a brief synthesis of the articles that compose this thematic issue, this text highlights how theoretical reflections and empirical case studies are combined to show how different political and cultural contexts shape institutionalization dynamics. Collectively, these contributions enrich the understanding of how democratic innovations can foster more inclusive, resilient democratic governance amid contemporary challenges. |
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| spelling | en-USTowards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging TimesFiket, IrenaPudar Drasko, GazelaAllegretti, Giovannicitizen participation; Collingridge dilemma; democratic innovations; embedding participatory practices; institutionalization; participatory governanceCopyright (c) 2026 Irena Fiket, Gazela Pudar Drasko, Giovanni Allegrettihttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.11861DOIhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/11861URLHasVersionhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/11861/4898URLHasVersionhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.11861DOI2026-01-22en-USDemocratic innovations designed to deepen citizen involvement, inclusion, and decision-making legitimacy increasingly face a question: how can experimental practices transition into stable and enduring institutional forms capable of sustaining meaningful impacts? Institutionalization exceeds legal codification, spanning regulatory, administrative, and cultural processes that socially and politically embed participatory practices in the contexts where they take place. This includes the symbolic aspect whereby citizens recognize these innovations as indispensable to democracy’s fabric, thanks to the authority and legitimacy conquered through their own concrete impacts. This editorial stresses that institutionalization involves balancing standardization for durability with maintaining creativity and flexibility to avoid ossification or co-optation. Hence, some challenges emerge, such as the Collingridge dilemma, according to which governing fast-evolving innovations struggles to keep pace with the incremental slow-rhythm of legal adaptation. Through a brief synthesis of the articles that compose this thematic issue, this text highlights how theoretical reflections and empirical case studies are combined to show how different political and cultural contexts shape institutionalization dynamics. Collectively, these contributions enrich the understanding of how democratic innovations can foster more inclusive, resilient democratic governance amid contemporary challenges.Cogitatio Pressapplication/pdfen-USPolitics and Governance; Vol 14 (2026): Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times2183-246310.17645/pag.i479engjournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501literatureVoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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| title | Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times |
| title_full | Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times |
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| title_short | Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times |
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| topic | citizen participation; Collingridge dilemma; democratic innovations; embedding participatory practices; institutionalization; participatory governance |
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