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Critical Elitism - Deliberation, Democracy, And The Problem Of Expertise

by Alfred (University Of Cambridge) Moore

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 How are we to handle the tension between expertise and democracy? Developing a democratic model of expert authority, this book describes the ways in which civil society, expert institutions, and democratic innovations can contribute to its production. It addresses deliberative democrats, but will also interest scholars working in environment, health policy, and science communication.
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Oral Democracy - Deliberation In Indian Village Assemblies

by Paromita Sanyal e Vijayendra Rao

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 A talk-centered qualitative analysis of three hundred Indian village assemblies, revealing how the deliberation between citizens in a mass democracy is influenced by state policy and literacy. Essential reading for those interested in participation, development, and deliberative democracy. This title is also available as Open Access.
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Oral Democracy - Deliberation In Indian Village Assemblies

by Paromita Sanyal e Vijayendra Rao

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 A talk-centered qualitative analysis of three hundred Indian village assemblies, revealing how the deliberation between citizens in a mass democracy is influenced by state policy and literacy. Essential reading for those interested in participation, development, and deliberative democracy. This title is also available as Open Access.
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Oral Democracy - Deliberation In Indian Village Assemblies

by Paromita (Florida State University) Sanyal e Vijayendra (The World Bank) Rao

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 A talk-centered qualitative analysis of three hundred Indian village assemblies, revealing how the deliberation between citizens in a mass democracy is influenced by state policy and literacy. Essential reading for those interested in participation, development, and deliberative democracy. This title is also available as Open Access.
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Deliberative Democracy Now - Lgbt Equality And The Emergence Of Large-Scale Deliberative Systems

by Edwina (University Of California, Santa Barbara) Barvosa

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 This book shows how the sea change in public opinion on LGBT equality reveals that democracy is evolving into deliberative democracy - a process in which all have a voice. Identifying the catalysts needed to excite new public reflection and conscious choice, this book will interest anyone who cares about democracy's future.
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Critical Elitism - Deliberation, Democracy, And The Problem Of Expertise

by Alfred (University Of Cambridge) Moore

133,84€ + 10% CARD

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 How are we to handle the tension between expertise and democracy? Developing a democratic model of expert authority, this book describes the ways in which civil society, expert institutions, and democratic innovations can contribute to its production. It addresses deliberative democrats, but will also interest scholars working in environment, health policy, and science communication.
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Theory Of Institutional Design

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 This volume illustrates and synthesizes new theories of institutional design recently developed by scholars across a range of disciplines - political science, economics, sociology, history, and philosophy. The contributors emphasize the important interpenetration of normative and empirical issues in institutional design theories.
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Exits, Voices And Social Investment - Citizensâ€™ Reaction To Public Services

by Keith Dowding e Peter (University College London) John

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 Public services are used by everyone. Dissatisfied consumers can either voice their complaints, or exit. Using survey evidence from the UK, this book examines how people's investment or stake in their communities affects their choice to exit or voice and the implications for the provision and quality of public services.
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Deliberative Systems - Deliberative Democracy At The Large Scale

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 'Deliberative democracy' dominates democratic theory, but has become too narrowly focused on small-scale consultation exercises. This volume reopens the field, showing how states, and even transnational systems, can be deliberatively democratic. It sets out a new theory but also emphasizes the problems of applying that theory in practice.
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Deliberative Systems - Deliberative Democracy At The Large Scale

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 'Deliberative democracy' dominates democratic theory, but has become too narrowly focused on small-scale consultation exercises. This volume reopens the field, showing how states, and even transnational systems, can be deliberatively democratic. It sets out a new theory but also emphasizes the problems of applying that theory in practice.
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Exits, Voices And Social Investment - Citizensâ€™ Reaction To Public Services

by Keith Dowding e Peter (University College London) John

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 Public services are used by everyone. Dissatisfied consumers can either voice their complaints, or exit. Using survey evidence from the UK, this book examines how people's investment or stake in their communities affects their choice to exit or voice and the implications for the provision and quality of public services.
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Social Traps And The Problem Of Trust

by Bo (Goteborgs Universitet, Sweden) Rothstein

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 Bo Rothstein explores how social capital and social trust are generated and what governments can do about it. He argues that it is the existence of universal and impartial political institutions together with public policies which enhance social and economic equality that creates social capital.
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Environmental Dilemmas And Policy Design

by Huib (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands) Pellikaan e Robert J. Van Der (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Veen

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 It has been assumed that mere awareness of the causes of environmental degradation will not motivate citizens to reduce pollution. Here the authors counter-argue that most citizens are willing to contribute voluntarily towards safeguarding the environment, but that their willingness depends on the social context of the problem they face.
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Democratic Innovations - Designing Institutions For Citizen Participation

by Graham (University Of Southampton) Smith

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 Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political process? This book examines a range of democratic innovations from around the world, and offers a rare systematic analysis of the evidence, drawing lessons for the future development of both democratic theory and practice.
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Democratic Innovations - Designing Institutions For Citizen Participation

by Graham (University Of Southampton) Smith

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 Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political process? This book examines a range of democratic innovations from around the world, and offers a rare systematic analysis of the evidence, drawing lessons for the future development of both democratic theory and practice.
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The Quest For Responsibility - Accountability And Citizenship In Complex Organisations

by Mark (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands) Bovens

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 The modern world is dominated by complex organisations. In this book Mark Bovens analyses the questions associated with the search for responsibility within such organisations. The analysis is multidisciplinary, combining law, social science, ethics, and organisational design, and provides a number of suggestions for institutional reform.
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Deliberative Policy Analysis - Understanding Governance In The Network Society

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 Traditionally, policy analysis has been state-centred. Today, however, policy-making is often carried out in loosely organized networks of public authorities, citizen associations and private enterprises. Providing examples from around the world, the contributors to this 2003 book argue that democratic governance now calls for a new deliberatively-oriented policy analysis.
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Designing Deliberative Democracy - The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly

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 The idea of 'deliberative democracy' suggests that democracies need collective deliberation and reflection as much as they need voting to make public decisions. Contributors to this book assess the merits of the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly, an unprecedented deliberative institution which empowered ordinary citizens to redesign their electoral system.
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The Politics Of Quasi-Government - Hybrid Organizations And The Dynamics Of Bureaucratic Control

by Jonathan G. S. (Yale University, Connecticut) Koppell

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 Promising increased efficiency and superior service, the quasi-government has grown as governmental functions have been delegated to new entities that combine characteristics of public- and private-sector organizations. In this book, Koppell argues that control of public policy is sacrificed when policy is carried out by such hybrid organizations.
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Social Traps And The Problem Of Trust

by Bo (Goteborgs Universitet, Sweden) Rothstein

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 Bo Rothstein explores how social capital and social trust are generated and what governments can do about it. He argues that it is the existence of universal and impartial political institutions together with public policies which enhance social and economic equality that creates social capital.
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Democracy In Divided Societies - Electoral Engineering For Conflict Management

by Benjamin (Australian National University, Canberra) Reilly

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 Reilly analyses the design of electoral systems for divided societies, examining various divided societies.
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Post-Communist Democratization - Political Discourses Across Thirteen Countries

by John S. (Australian National University, Canberra) Dryzek e Leslie Templeman (University Of Melbourne) Holmes

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 This book examines the way democracy and democratization are thought about and lived by people in China, Russia and eleven other countries in the post-communist world. It shows how democratic politics work in these countries, and generates insights into the prospects for different kinds of political development.
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The Political Institution Of Private Property

by Itai (Tel-Aviv University) Sened

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 An original analysis of the political institutions which protect property and individual rights.
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Just Institutions Matter - The Moral And Political Logic Of The Universal Welfare State

by Bo (Goteborgs Universitet, Sweden) Rothstein

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 This title defends the universal welfare state against a number of important criticisms which it has faced in recent years. The book combines philosophical analysis of issues on what the state ought to do with scientific research in public policy examining what the state can do.
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