The Belgian experiments of deliberative democracy – An analysis of the institutionalisation of deliberative citizen participation in multi-level Belgium

Around the world, a rapidly increasing number of parliaments experiment with deliberative models allowing citizens to actively participate in public decision-making. Especially in Belgium, deliberative democracy appears to turn into a new form of democratic tradition. Since the innovative G1000, the country has progressed quickly on the subject. Within the last three years, the country has experienced a trend of institutionalisation as multiple parliaments within the federal system have permanently formalised deliberative mechanisms of citizen participation, namely the Parliament of the German... Mehr ...