Essays about: "Deliberative democracy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 94 essays containing the words Deliberative democracy.

1. 16. Protests as a Building Block to Deliberative Democracy? : A Quantitative Study on the Relationship Between Protests and Deliberative Democracy in 30 European Countries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Amanda Louise Bolann Håland; [2021]
   Keywords : deliberative democracy; protests; deliberation; political participation; income distribution; European countries;

   Abstract : In a time of decreasing participation in party politics across Europe, both protests and deliberation can be studied as means of expressing political opinion that have not seen the same decline. Traditionally, protests and deliberation have been considered mutually exclusive. READ MORE

3. 17. Understanding new expectations for democratic environmental governance : a policy analysis of an activist movement in the South-East of France

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

   Author : Léna Belly-le Guilloux; [2021]
   Keywords : governance; democracy; activism; Democratic Innovation; civil society; participation; deliberative democracy; political trust; democracy crisis;

   Abstract : This paper is based at the nodal points of several phenomena, including political distrust in France, a European trend supporting public participation, a failed experiment of citizen assembly in France, and the organisation of a citizen collective to advocate for a replication of a similar citizen assembly, at the regional level, by environmental activists. In this context, I have conducted a policy analysis focusing particularly on the activist movement with the aim to provide insights into new expectations for democratic governance of environmental resources. READ MORE

4. 18. Top-down democratisation or a catalyst for sustainable change? A Case Study of the Danish Citizens’ Assembly on Climate

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Josephine Ottesen; [2021]
   Keywords : deliberative democracy; Citizens’ Assembly; just transition; sustainability; Denmark; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Across the world, there is a call to combat the climate crisis and tackle growing socio-economic inequalities. The Danish Citizens’ Assembly on Climate (CAC) is a case of attempted deliberative democracy seeking pathways to this outcome. This thesis asks how the CAC might catalyse a Danish sustainability transition. READ MORE

5. 19. 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

6. 20. Examining the preparatory phase of Knivsta Citizens' Assembly : A study of politicians’ and public officials’ intentions behind implementation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Matilda Jerre Lingmark; [2020]
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   Abstract : Democratic innovations focusing on increased citizen engagement is believed to be important since they have the potential to revitalize representative democracy. However, criticism has also been raised claiming that democratic innovations only have a facade of deepening democracy. READ MORE