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Deliberative democracy between theory and practice
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ISBN: 9781316649169 9781107027671 1107027675 9781139226592 1316649164 1316419932 1316419703 1316420396 131642085X 1316420167 1316421317 1139226592 1316417999 9781316421314 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Deliberative democrats seek to link political choices more closely to the deliberations of common citizens, rather than consigning them to speak only in the desiccated language of checks on a ballot. Sober thinkers from Plato to today, however, have argued that if we want to make good decisions we cannot entrust them to the deliberations of common citizens. Critics argue that deliberative democracy is wildly unworkable in practice. Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice cuts across this debate by clarifying the structure of a deliberative democratic system, and goes on to re-evaluate the main empirical challenges to deliberative democracy in light of this new frame. It simultaneously reclaims the wider theory of deliberative democracy and meets the empirical critics squarely on terms that advance, rather than evade, the debate. Doing so has important implications for institutional design, the normative theory of democracy, and priorities for future research and practice.


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A guide to minorities and political participation in South-East Europe
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ISBN: 9789051306552 Year: 2009 Publisher: Brussels King Baudouin Foundation

Social capital and the transition to democracy
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ISBN: 0415258146 0203428099 9780203428092 9786610073047 661007304X 9780415258142 9781134515318 1134515316 9781134515264 113451526X 9781134515301 1134515308 1280073047 9781280073045 Year: 2003 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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This edited collection presents the latest quantitative research on how post-communist countries are adapting to Western models of society.

Navigating public opinion : polls, policy, and the future of American democracy
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ISBN: 1280833505 0195348842 9780195348842 9781280833502 9786610833504 6610833508 9780195149333 0195149335 0195149343 0195149335 9780195149340 0197733670 Year: 2023 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Do politicians listen to the public? When? How often? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used stragically by elites? In this book, leading scholars of American politics assess and debate the impact of public opinion on policymaking.


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Political representation
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ISBN: 9780521128650 9780521111270 9780511813146 9780511768217 0511768214 9780511769894 051176989X 0511813147 1282652869 9781282652866 0521111277 052112865X 0511848005 1107202698 9786612652868 0511769059 0511766823 0511765436 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Political representation lies at the core of modern politics. Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate without representative institutions. Yet relations between the democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political representation have never been well defined and remain the subject of vigorous debate among historians, political theorists, lawyers, and citizens. In this volume, an eminent group of scholars move forward the debates about political representation on a number of fronts. Drawing on insights from political science, history, political theory, economics, and anthropology, the authors provide much-needed clarity to some of the most vexing questions about political representation. They also reveal new and enlightening perspectives on this fundamental political practice. Topics discussed include representation before democracy, political parties, minorities, electoral competition, and ideology. This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the ideal and the reality of political representation.


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Participatie: what's in a name : een multidisciplinaire kijk op maatschappelijke participatie
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ISBN: 9789049607555 9049607551 Year: 2012 Volume: *19 Publisher: Brugge Vanden Broele

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Voor wie het begrip participatie vanuit verschillende wetenschappelijke invalshoeken wil bekijken, biedt deze uitgave een onmisbare eerste aanzet. Wat wordt precies bedoeld met het containerbegrip participatie? En wat niet? Wat moet die participatie precies opleveren: nieuwe inzichten en kennis voor beleid? Of meer sociaal kapitaal en vertrouwen? En is participatie middel of doel, vertrekpunt of aankomst? De verschillende academische brillen waarmee naar participatie gekeken wordt, maakt dit boek uniek. Een betere inzicht en begrip van elkaars brillen levert immers niet alleen vanuit academisch perspectief een meerwaarde op, maar is ook zinvol ten aanzien van de alledaagse interactie tussen burger en bestuur. Al te vaak blijkt dat de ene partij onvoldoende zicht heeft op het perspectief en de verwachtingen van de andere partij; met onbegrip en conflicten tot gevolg.Inhoudstafel1. Burgerparticipatie: een politicologisch perspectief 2. Juridische benadering van participatie 3. Participatie: een sociologische benadering 4. Participatie als concept binnen de revalidatiegeneeskunde 5. Het politiek-filosofische debat over participatie en representatie: van de historische bronnen naar het supranationale domein 6. Een beleidswetenschappelijk perspectief op maatschappelijke participatie 7. Een economische kijk op maatschappelijke participatie 8. Besluit - Een multidisciplinaire kijk op maatschappelijke participatie

Cooperation Without Trust?
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ISBN: 0871541645 9781610441353 1610441354 1610441354 9780871541642 Year: 2005 Volume: 9 Publisher: New York : Baltimore, Md. : Russell Sage Foundation, Project MUSE,

Civil society in democratization
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ISBN: 0714684740 0714655899 0203493788 9780203493786 9786610078219 6610078211 0203584562 9780203584569 9780714655895 9780714684741 1135755116 0203610512 1280078219 9781135755065 9781135755102 9781135755119 1135755108 Year: 2004 Publisher: London : Frank Cass,

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This title brings together competing theories of civil society with critical studies of the role of civil society in diverse situations and the way in which it has been promoted as the key to democratization. The combination of contemporary theory and practical applications provides valuable reading for students of civil society and contemporary social and political change, and its policy implications for Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

The impact of values
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ISBN: 0191599042 0191521035 1282052233 9786612052231 9780191599040 9780191521034 0198294751 9780198294757 9780198279570 0198279574 9781282052239 6612052236 Year: 1995 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : ©1995 Oxford University Press,

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A decline in religious belief and class values, green values feminism, and postmodernism - all these phenomena are indicative of changes in values among West European citizens. The extent & impact of these changes on politics are covered here.


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Direct democracy worldwide
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ISBN: 9781107001640 9780511933950 9781107427099 1107427096 9780511933684 0511933681 1107001641 0511853491 1107220254 1282921754 9786612921759 0511932316 0511930976 0511928459 0511933959 0511925948 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Challenging the common assumption that models of direct democracy and representative democracy are necessarily at odds, Direct Democracy Worldwide demonstrates how practices of direct and representative democracy interact under different institutional settings and uncovers the conditions that allow them to coexist in a mutually reinforcing manner. Whereas citizen-initiated mechanisms of direct democracy can spur productive relationships between citizens and political parties, other mechanisms of direct democracy often help leaders bypass other representative institutions, undermining republican checks and balances. The book also demonstrates that the embrace of direct democracy is costly, may generate uncertainties and inconsistencies, and can be manipulated. Nonetheless, the promise of direct democracy should not be dismissed. Direct democracy is much more than a simple, pragmatic second choice when representative democracy seems not to be working as expected. Properly designed, it can empower citizens, breaking through some of the institutionalized barriers to accountability that arise in representative systems.

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