3-5 July 2014

Innsbruck University

Section 11: Governance and Leadership

Panel Chair: Gonzalo Cavero (Institut für Höhere Studien, Vienna)

Call for papers

The economic crisis is not only showing the weaknesses and inefficiencies of the political systems, it may be also questioning their legitimacy. Within this context it is of need to revise the functioning and organization of our institutions of government. However, in order to do it is important to bear in mind the complexity of the whole multi-level system and their political processes. Political institutions have scarcely modified their design to adapt their functioning to the social evolutions we are witnessing. The object of this panel is to think about the theoretical contributions able to further the research on the theories of representation and participation (Ankersmit, Mansbridge, Saward, Warren, etc) and his institutional engagement on the role of parliaments, deliberative mechanisms, role of social movements, etc. The panel is interested in political representation at different levels, in methodological advances in the research of political representation, in normative thinking about political representation and the links with citizens participation. Therefore, studies on traditional and more recent actors in the political arena, as well as their interactions will be very welcomed.

The deadline for submitting a proposal of 150 words is the 18 of January send an email to cavero@ihs.ac.at