Democratic innovations as a field: The struggle for the voice and the representation of the people
Abstract
Abstract The expansion of democratic innovations has always been analysed from the point of view of the quality of the instruments, as well as their internal functioning. In this paper, using as an example the expansion of democratic innovations in Spain, we propose to understand this process from the sociological concept of ‘field’. Thus, we will be able to analyse the changes that have taken place in this new field of institutional participation. The results give us relevant information about the existing conflicts, as well as necessary keys to understand the crisis of some instruments or the arrival of new ones.
Fields of Study & Subjects
History
Culture
and Society
Political Systems and Governance
Sociology
Governance
and Technology
Publication details
- Journal / source
- European Political Science
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 426–438
- Publication date
- 6 February 2026
- Language
- EN