Elected politicians face rising mistrust, gridlock, and citizen disengagement. In their research, Şule Yaylaci, Edana Beauvais and Mark E. Warren show how democratic innovations can help elites tackle inclusion gaps, agenda-setting dilemmas, and decision-making deadlocks. The authors also highlight the risks of co-optation and 'democracy washing'
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University
Before joining SFU, Edana held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at Duke University, a Visiting Democracy Fellowship at the Ash Center, Harvard University, and an SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, McGill University.
She is interested in the way inequalities shape communication and action, producing unequal political influence between different social group members.
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