Constitutional Deliberative Democracy in Europe [Hardcover]

This book critically assesses developments and brings together academics involved in the designing of these new forms of constitutional deliberative democracy with the theorists who propagated the ideas and evaluated democratic standards.From small-scale experiments, deliberative mini-publics have recently taken a constitutional turn in Europe. Iceland and Ireland have turned to deliberative democracy to reform their constitutions. Estonia, Luxembourg and Romania have also experienced constitutional process in a deliberative mode. In Belgium the G1000, a citizen-led initiative of deliberative democracy, has fostered a wider societal debate about the role and place of citizens in the countrys democracy. At the same time, European institutions have introduced different forms of deliberative democracy as a way to connect citizens back in. These empirical cases are emblematic of a possibly constitutional turn in deliberative democracy in Europe. The purpose of this book is to critically assess these developments, bringing together academics involved in the designing of these new forms of constitutional deliberative democracy with the theorists who propagated the ideas and evaluated democratic standards.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables viiContributors ixPreface xiiiChapter One  A Constitutional Turn for DeliberativeDemocracy in Europe? 1Jane Suiter and Min ReuchampsChapter Two  Participatory Constitutional Deliberationin the Wake of Crisis: The Case of Iceland 15Eirikur BergmannChapter Three  The Irish Constitutional Convention:A Case of High Legitimacy? 33Jane Suiter, David M. Farrell and Clodagh HarrisChapter Four  The Macro Political Uptake of the G1000in Belgium 53Vincent Jacquet, Jonathan Moskovic,Didier Caluwaerts and Min ReuchampsChapter Five  Constitutional Deliberative Democracyand Democratic Innovations 75Brigitte Geissel and Sergiu GherghinaChapter Six  How Can Constitutional Reforms Be Deliberative?The Hybrid Legitimacies of Constitutionall3©