Essays about: "Democratic deficit"

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  1. 6. The European Union and its Democratic Deficit(s) : A descriptive idea-analysis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ylva Gustafsson; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Despite the EU’s profound commitment to uphold and promote democracy, scholars have throughout the years argued that the organization suffers from two separate, although seemingly related, democratic paradoxes and deficits: one focusing on the supranational EU-level and the Union at large, one addressing the national EU-level and the member-state components of the system. Despite the shared themes and verdicts of the EU as democratically defective – little to no attention has yet been paid to elaborate on how these debates might be connected. READ MORE

  3. 7. ‘I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO’ : Giving Voice To Audiences Through Radio Talk Shows In Liberia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Danicius Kaihenneh Sengbeh; [2022]
    Keywords : Media Audiences; Audience Study; Audience Participation; Talk Shows; Citizen Participation; Civic Culture; Civic Talk; Democratic Participation; Meaningful Participation; Public Opinion; Public Sphere; Radio Talk Shows; Voice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the experiences of radio talk show participants in Liberia, using the Okay Morning Rush of Okay FM as a case study. The thesis probes the Liberian perspective of how talk shows give voice to citizens in public discourses and the resulting experiences for both the participants and the society. READ MORE

  4. 8. An arena for effective opposition? : A systematic investigation into political opposition in the European Parliament

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emelie Lundell; [2021]
    Keywords : political opposition; opposition deficit; European Parliament; European Union; Peter Mair; democratic legitimacy; democratic deficit;

    Abstract : The European Union is suffering from a legitimacy crisis, which thus far has culminated with Great Britain’s decision to exit the union. According to the ‘opposition deficit thesis’, this is caused as there is no arena in which effective opposition can be voiced in the European Union, which forces EU citizens to organise their opposition outside the political system, and often against it. READ MORE

  5. 9. Exploring metropolitan governance in the Öresund Region

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Roger Barres; [2021]
    Keywords : metropolitan area; city-region; metropolitan governance; urban politics; cross-border metropolitan region; democratic governance; Öresund region;

    Abstract : For the first time in history, more people in the world live in urban areas than in rural areas. Almost half of this world urban population now live in metropolitan areas, which are becoming central spaces of world economic and social activity, and where major global challenges happen and should be tackled. READ MORE

  6. 10. A Democratic European Union: What does it mean? A discourse analysis of two debates on the Conference on the Future of Europe in the European Parliament

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Dorottya Meszner; [2021]
    Keywords : Democracy; Legitimacy; Discourse; European Parliament; Future of Europe; European studies; democratic deficit.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The question of the European Union’s (EU) democratic legitimacy has been a crucial issue at all stages of the European integration process. With crises of economic, social and democratic nature, trust in the EU institutions is questioned by citizens, providing a vacuum between expectations and results and a ‘democratic deficit’. READ MORE