Opening parliament: the way to (re)connect democracy and sovereignty

Authors

  • Zelai Nikolas Ezkurdia Letrada del Parlamento Vasco y doctoranda en la UPV/EHU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/CLIVATGE2022.10.9

Keywords:

Democratization, Parliament, Human development, Participatory development, Community participation

Abstract

Nowadays there is a crisis of civilization, which is deepened by the crisis of representative democracy inherited from the 20th century. In this regard, this paper proposes to revise the model of rationalised parliamentarism, in order to strengthen parliaments as democratic institutions. In particular, three aspects that need to be addressed and reinforced are firstly the parliament’s role in legitimising public decisions; secondly, its capacity in controlling real power, and third and lastly, the collaboration between institutions in a framework of multilevel governance. In order to do so, it is proposed to use mechanisms of opening parliament, as an effective way of (re)connecting representative democracy with popular sovereignty, specifically mechanisms of participatory deliberation. Thanks to these mechanisms, citizens could participate directly in the public decision-making processes that take place within the parliamentary chamber. In addition, they can connect with the debates that take place in society.

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Published

2022-10-26

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Nikolas Ezkurdia, Z. (2022). Opening parliament: the way to (re)connect democracy and sovereignty. Clivatge. Journal of Studies on Social Conflict and Change, (10), e–40214. https://doi.org/10.1344/CLIVATGE2022.10.9

Issue

No. 10: Monographic: Movements and (post)national conflicts in the s. 21st

Section

Monographic: Movements and (post)national conflicts in the s. 21st

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