Essays about: "Deliberative democracy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 94 essays containing the words Deliberative democracy.

  1. 21. Citizens’ Assemblies: a potential transformative method for addressing the wicked problem of climate change : A case study of the 2016 Irish Citizens’ Assembly.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Tomasz Forsberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Wicked Problems; Deliberative Democracy; Citizens’ Assemblies; Sustainable Transformation.;

    Abstract : The amount of global greenhouse gas emissions needs to be significantly reduced in order to reach the Paris agreement target of 1.5°C by 2050. Contemporary representative political systems have failed so far in adequately addressing the complex problem of climate change. READ MORE

  3. 22. The crucial role of the facilitator : analysing identity construction and dilemmas

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

    Author : Fanny Möckel; [2020]
    Keywords : facilitation; deliberation; facilitators identity; frames; dilemma; reflective practice; deliberative democracy; environmental communication; natural resource management;

    Abstract : Facilitation is a practice with many areas of application: participatory planning, environmental governance and natural resource management are some areas with a high focus on facilitation. Within these different areas, the practice is supposed to empower citizens, revitalise democracy and tackle the sustainability challenge. READ MORE

  4. 23. Place, youth and memory as resistance : An ethnographic case study of discussions about impunity at Londres 38,espacio de memorias

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexander Mattiasson Nazar; [2019]
    Keywords : Chile; Impunity; Collective Memory; Ethnography; Discourse Analysis; Chile; Straffrihet; Kollektivt minne; Etnografi; Diskursanalys;

    Abstract : ” You don’t talk about politics or football around the dining table” is a Chilean expression that well describes how the dictatorship (1973–1990) is attached to the societal soul, with people’s diversifiedrelationships to its legacy. For the outside world, Chile is a thriving democracy that got out of Pinochet’s iron grip, but for many Chileans, the transition to democracy has excluded demands for justice and a real influence. READ MORE

  5. 24. Rethinking representative democracy : Representation beyond contestation & partisan politics

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Internationella relationer

    Author : Lua Nazerian; [2019]
    Keywords : Representative; democracy; reform; Bahai; Socrates; Normative; partisan politics; participation;

    Abstract : The current forms of representative democracy have come to face various fundamental challenges such as: decrease in political participation, distrust in partisan politics and politicians and perhaps increase of ideological polarization. To take solace in the belief that the current democratic tools are far from perfect yet the finest in modern societies, has not contributed to solution-oriented modifications of its efficacy. READ MORE

  6. 25. Democratic global environmental governance: An oxymoron or a matter of ideals? : A study of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Ema Lindén Glad; Joakim Nersing; [2019]
    Keywords : The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; United Nations; sustainable development; transnational democracy; global environmental governance; typological content analysis; cosmopolitan democracy; deliberative democracy; stakeholder democracy;

    Abstract : Today, one of the most compelling issues facing students of environmental politics is global environmental governance’s democratic legitimacy. Critics of multilateral and transnational sustainable development negotiations and implementations perceive these as democratically deficient, due to non-state actors deciding over nation-state politics. READ MORE