%0 Journal Article
%T The Role and the Future of Deliberative Mini
%A Vincent Jacquet
%J Political Studies
%@ 1467-9248
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0032321718794358
%X The last decades have witnessed a spread of democratic innovations. Chief among them are deliberative mini-publics that gather randomly selected citizens to discuss salient public issues with the aim of generating some kind of ¡®uptake¡¯ in the broader political system. Political theorists have addressed the pros and cons of such innovations. Nevertheless, little is known about the citizens¡¯ perspective on such mini-publics and on their role in the political system. Drawing on qualitative in-depth interviews, this article scrutinizes participants¡¯ expectations. Findings show that they are motivated by internal expectations (desire of sociability, learning, and civic duty) and external expectations (presence and voice). Participants fundamentally perceive mini publics as a way to enrich the linkage between voters and their representatives, without forsaking the logic of electoral delegation. This work suggests that citizens may have complex and evolving conceptions of democracy
%K deliberative democracy
%K democratic innovations
%K mini-public
%K political participation
%K citizens¡¯ conceptions of democracy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032321718794358