Essays about: "Deliberation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 107 essays containing the word Deliberation.

  1. 11. IS DELIBERATION THE DESTINATION? Analysing the effects of internet access on deliberative democracy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Samuel Karlsson; [2022-09-05]
    Keywords : Democracy; Internet; Deliberation; Digital; Autocracy;

    Abstract : The extant literature on the connection between the internet and democracy has so far been limited to liberal and electoral democracy. Studying how it affects deliberative democracy is crucial to understand public and government deliberation in the modern age, and also for broadening the debate about the internet and democracy to include other types of democracy. READ MORE

  3. 12. “THE BEST INTEREST PRINCIPLE” - A qualitative study on the interpretation of “the child’s best interest” by the European Court of Human Rights and national states

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Sandgren; [2022-01-31]
    Keywords : European Court of Human Rights; best interest principle; Article 3; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Europe; threefold concept; positive obligations; national courts;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse Article 3, commonly known as “the best interest principle”, from the Convention on the rights of the child (CRC) in European courts. The European Court of Human Right (ECtHR) is the main court of human rights in Europe and the CRC is one of many conventions that falls under their jurisdiction. READ MORE

  4. 13. Deliberation and sustainability : a frame analysis of policymakers' understanding of the relationship between deliberation and sustainability

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elin Wärm; [2022]
    Keywords : Deliberation; sustainability; frame analysis; environmental and ecological democracy; system change; participation; conflict;

    Abstract : As the effects of climate change intensifies, the tension between slow democratic processes and the need for urgent change towards sustainability is becoming more evident. This thesis aims to investigate how policymakers understand the relationship between deliberation and sustainability through a frame analysis and to identify tensions between the frames. READ MORE

  5. 14. Beyond the fossil era: transformative pedagogy for sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ludwig Bengtsson Sonesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Futures; Education; Transformation; Imagination; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Society faces multiple and interconnected crises that require transformation. Education has long been theorized as key to transformation, yet an important driver of transformation, imagination, is marginalised within pedagogical approaches to sustainability. READ MORE

  6. 15. A sovereign abode – Democracy, discipline and deliberation in a Swedish housing association from 1943 to the present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Marcus Schmidt; [2021]
    Keywords : Autonomy; civil society; collective decision-making; freedom; Hannah Arendt; Jürgen Habermas.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since its inception, the discipline of sociology has struggled to bridge the gap between structure and agency. How is it that individuals can be free whilst also part of a larger context that determines their actions? This study aims to make a small contribution towards solving this conundrum. READ MORE