Introduction: A Public Innovation Perspective on Change in Local Democracy

Eva Sørensen, Signy Irene Vabo

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Abstract

Public innovation is high on the agenda in many Western liberal democracies. While a first wave of interest in public innovation research mainly focused on service innovation, a second wave is interested in innovations in the political realm that represent innovations in democratic institutions and processes and in policy content. Although there are many studies of democratic reform and experimentation in local government, they rarely examine these changes from an innovation perspective. This article develops a theoretical framework for studying democratic innovation and uses it to identify cutting-edge tendencies in democratic innovation in local government and to develop several propositions for further research. We do so by drawing on new developments in democratic theory and governance research and the study of current developments in local democracy in seven European countries—Denmark, England, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland—in this and a following special issue.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer1
TidsskriftInnovation Journal
Vol/bind25
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)1-19
Antal sider19
ISSN1715-3816
StatusUdgivet - mar. 2020

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