Citizen-led democratic reform

Innovations in Indi

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6234292
AutoresCarolyn M Hendriks (0000-0002-9734-3610, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume52
Fascículo4
Páginas481-499
Data de publicação2017-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361146.2017.1374345
OpenAlexW2755965917
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas41

Contemporary political systems are experiencing a democratic disconnect between formal institutions of representative government, and the more informal spaces of political participation. Rather than offer an institutional remedy, this article turns to practice and considers how citizens themselves are seeking to transform dysfunctional democratic practices. The article provides an in-depth analysis of democratic events that have unfolded between 2012 and 2017 in the Australian federal electorate of Indi. The analysis explores the intertwined participatory efforts of the citizens’ group, Voices4Indi, and the local Independent federal member, MP Cathy McGowan. The Indi experience demonstrates that while citizens may be frustrated with ‘politics as usual’, they are not rejecting the system but rather instigating creative democratic reforms

Citizen journalism · Democracy · Dysfunctional family · Government (linguistics · Participatory democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Media and Politics