#Democracy

[…] Democratic Quality and Good Governance The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) analyzes and evaluates the quality of democracy, a market economy and political management in 137 [...]

[…] Changing Participation It is important to figure out how citizen’s participation is affecting Germany’s democracy. To do so, we examine both direct-democratic and dialogue-oriented processes. This [...]

[…] Good participation meansthat all parts of society are heard and that solutions are based on a variety of diverse opinions and interests. Random selection is increasingly used in citizen participation [...]

[…] Good participation meansthat all parts of society are heard and that solutions are based on a variety of diverse opinions and interests. Random selection is increasingly used in citizen participation [...]

[…] In the following list, you will find past issues of the policy brief in English. To download individual issues in PDF format, simply click on one of the titles. EINWURF EINWURF is a policy brief of [...]

[…] In recent decades, our society has become more individualized, diverse, digital and global. Our democracy must also adapt to these changes if we wish for the diverse interests to continue leading to [...]

[…] Monitoring Democracy Democracy is facing major challenges. Both in Germany and on the international level, the pressure to adapt is growing. How can our democracy be successfully shaped in the long [...]

[…] Upgrade Democracy Democracy is changing, not least in digital spaces. We mustn’t passively standby but get active. In our project “Upgrade Democracy”, we build bridges between diverse, international [...]

[…] New Democracy - Protecting and rethinking democracy Democracy is under stress. Social and technological changes require systemic adjustments. To protect democracy, we need to rethink it. We show how [...]

[…] Together with the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, the Bertelsmann Stiftung is putting Germany’s democracy to the test. Plans call for creating the first-evercontinuous monitoring of democracy in [...]