Warren, Mark

Mark E. Warren holds the Harold and Dorrie Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy at the University of British Columbia. He is especially interested in democratic innovations, civil society and democratic governance, and political corruption. He is currently working with an international team on a project entitled Participedia (www.participedia.net), which uses a web-based platform to collect data about democratic innovation and participatory governance around the world.

Research Interests: Political Theory, Philosophy, Democracy, Comparative Government, and Political Sociology

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Institution: University of British Columbia
Fields of Expertise:

Civil Society

Democracy and Political Participation

Ethics and Political Philosophy

Research groups: Democracy/Populism/Nationalism
Email: mark.warren@ubc.ca
Media outreach: No
Languages: English
Publications:

The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy. Edited with Andre Bächtiger, John Dryzek, and Jane Mansbridge. Oxford University Press (September 2018).

Designing Deliberative Democracy: The BC Citizens’ Assembly. Edited with Hilary Pearse. 2008. Cambridge University Press.

Democracy and Association. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. 2003 winner of the Elaine and David Spitz Book Prize, awarded by the Conference for the Study of Political Thought. 2003 Outstanding Book Award, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA).

“Citizens Assemblies.” With Antonin Lacelle-Webster. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

“Authoritarian and Democratic Pathways to Meritocracy in China.” With Baogang He. In Deparochializing Political Theory. Edited by Melissa Williams. Cambridge University Press (April 2020).

“What Can Deliberative Minipublics Contribute to Democratic Systems?” With Edana Beauvais. European Journal of Political Research 58:3, 893-914 (August 2019).

“Change Through Democratic Deliberation: A Conversation with Mark Warren.” Conducted by Javier Toro. Revista Foro: https://www.revistaforo.com/2019/0304-02-EN (July 1, 2019).

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