The Berlin Institute for Participation (bipar) has been publishing the Kursbuch Bürgerbeteiligung since 2015. The new edition from spring 2023 includes an article by Gesine Schwan entitled "Kommunale Entwicklungsbeiräte als wirksame Bürgerbeteiligung in der repräsentativen Demokratie".
"Liberal democracies need a participatory extension, that coherently complements the representative structure and legitimation of democracy and legitimacy of democracy through elections, and gives citizens an citizens an effective voice in current and fundamental issues. issues. A promising approach for this are municipal development advisory councils. How these work is explained in this article both theoretically and practically, using the example of the municipal development Development Advisory Council of Herne."
The course book "Bürgerbeteiligung" is available from the Berlin Institute for Participation, you can read Gesine Schwan's contribution here download.
