Essays about: "Agonistic democracy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Agonistic democracy.

1. 1. Consociational Democracy and The Prospects of Agonistic Peace: A Mixed Method Study of the Effects of Lebanese Power-Sharing from 2006 to 2022

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Zacharias Spindler; [2023]
   Keywords : Key words: Consociational democracy; Lebanon; power-sharing; agonistic peace; government immobilism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Abstract The thesis highlights the need for a broader understanding of consociational democracy and its relationship with government immobilism and agonistic peace. Being a mixed study of the period 2006 to 2022, it suggests that the existing theory of consociational democracy, as proposed by Arend Lijphart (1969) overlooks the cyclical nature of these factors in Lebanon. READ MORE

3. 2. Citizenship Beyond the Nation : Building Human Rights Inclusivity in a World of Exclusions

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Axel Martínez Shepherd; [2021]
   Keywords : Cosmopolitanism; Agonism; Anarchism; Citizenship; Internationalism;

   Abstract : This paper explores possible solutions to the existing gap between human rights and citizenship and asks if society should replace citizenship with a more globalised or international form of “citizenship”? It further asks how society should aim to best eliminate the gap between human rights and citizenship? The paper uses an argumentative analysis to examine the theories of internationalism, global citizenship, and the democracy of demoi while considering cosmopolitan, agonistic, and anarchist viewpoints. In doing so showing the imperialist tendencies within global citizenship due to its need for universalism, and the possible alternative presented by the democracy of demoi as a pluralistic solution that accommodates agonistic views and anarchist notions of non-domination. READ MORE

4. 3. DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION - in context, in theory and in empirical research

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Axel Rödström; [2020-08-28]
   Keywords : deliberative democracy; citizenship education; philosophy of education;

   Abstract : This master's thesis problematizes the deliberative citizenship education model from three different perspectives. It contains three substudies, which all investigate how deliberative democracy has been modelled on deliberative criteria for discussions. READ MORE

5. 4. Agonism or Deliberation? : A Critical Study on the Democratic Theories of Chantal Mouffe and Rainer Forst

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Stefan Lindqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : Legitimacy; Democracy; Chantal Mouffe; Rainer Forst;

   Abstract : Taking as motivation Chantal Mouffe’s critique of Habermasian deliberative democracy, this thesis sets out to evaluate her conception of democracy — agonistic pluralism — in relation the deliberative approach of Rainer Forst. The evaluation was performed with the aid of a specific conceptualization of legitimacy as to its function, source, and connection to democracy. READ MORE

6. 5. Paths to Meaningful Youth Involvement at the International Climate Change Negotiations: Lessons from COP22 in Marrakesh

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Larissa Kwiatkowski; [2017]
   Keywords : Deliberative Democracy; Agonistic Pluralism; Youth; Climate Change; Activism; Meaningful Involvement; Sustainable Development;

   Abstract : In the last decade, anthropogenic climate change has caused strong impacts on natural and human systems worldwide. It is of particular importance to include youths in the international decision-making process centred on climate change as they represent the closest living relatives to future generations. READ MORE