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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"democratic theory"”.
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Democracy, subjectivity and voice: Emersonian perfectionism and radical democratic theory
… and perfectionist traditions of democratic political thought. Both traditions fear that dominant contemporary political theory, here represented by Rawlsian liberalism, is insufficiently attentive to voice. I seek to explore the critique put forward by each tradition, and …
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Liberal Democratic Theory and Issues of Equality of Educational Opportunity
… as fully as possible what our professed liberal democratic ideals require of us regarding the present provision of equality of educational opportunity for all. This undertaking is needed because although there is widespread agreement that we are rightly committed to this goal, no similar concord …
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The limits of contestation: towards a radical democratic theory of emergency politics
… because it closes down possibilities for radical democratic political contestation. Attempts to define a situation as exceptional by powerful political elites are a claim that politics must be foreclosed until they decide that the exigency has been resolved and a ‘normal’ state of affairs has …
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Hannah Arendt and the reassertion of the political: toward a new democratic theory
<p>The present state of democratic theory is one of confusion and change. Pluralism remains a virtual orthodoxy among political scientists and political theorists, but there is an increasing interest in participatory theories that are critical of pluralism as an elitist theory of democracy. This …
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On the confrontation of classical democratic theory by the findings of contemporary political behavior research
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Political Science, 1964
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The Search for a Theoretical Framework for Long-term Disaster Recovery Efforts: A Normative Application of Jane Addams' Social Democratic Theory and Ethics
… tests the feasibility of Jane Addams' social democratic theory and ethics for use as a theoretical framework for long-term disaster recovery. The research also explores the degree to which nonprofit organizations already implement elements of Addams' theory and ethics in their long-term …
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On the Insufficiency of Procedure: Assessments of Bolivarian Democracy
The scholarly debate on Venezuela's democratic character has become tremendously polarized since the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998. This starkly divided debate has demonstrable impact on the policy realm, as well as the scholarly literature on democratic theory. This debate has run along …
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Walter Lippmann and American Democracy
… contends that he became influential because his democratic theory provided his contemporaries with a demanding account of political culture. By combining the conceptual resources of liberal constitutionalism with social psychology, Lippmann developed a particular kind of democratic theory, which …
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Conceptualizing transnational democratic networks: a case study of world wide views on biodiversity
Democratic theory has most recently found itself in a 'deliberative turn.' Extending beyond the capacity maintained by state institutions, the deliberative turn may be understood as necessary for conditions of democracy to move beyond the bounds of the nation-state and to incorporate conditions of …
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Civil society and democratisation theory : an inter-regional comparison
… into the relationship between civil society theory and democratic theory. It revolves around an investigation into, and comparison between, recent discourses on civil society originating from within diverse political contexts. This is in order to uncover what the central claims - both …
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John Rawls ir Chantal Mouffe demokratijos projektų palyginimas /
Democratic theories face a difficult paradox: on one side, they are interested in providing sufficient basis for democratic institutions and ensure civil trust in them. However, is it possible to gain trust from civil society if the society itself is full of unavoidable political conflicts that …
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Agonism and Antagonism: Past and Future Possibilites of Radical Democracy
Though radical democratic theory has become a mainstay in progressive political thought, it is clear that more work needs to be done in terms of establishing the empirical bases for its appearance and continuation. As such, through a comparative investigation and analysis of historical episodes of …
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Democracy, Instrumentalism, and Power as a Trust: On the Foundations of Political Instrumentalism
In this dissertation, I explore the theory of political instrumentalism and its application to the justification of democracy. I suggest that because of the dominance of intrinsic accounts of the justification of democracy in contemporary democratic theory, political instrumentalism has been …
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Home Care Service Delivery: Proprietary Versus Non-Proprietary Organizations
… from the assumptions of two ideal-types in democratic theory regarding differences in administrative strategy and organizational motives. Organization theory suggested four dimensions of organizational effectiveness for evaluating these two mechanisms of service delivery. Each mechanism and …
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Speech, Law and Civil Society: Liberal Thought Against Democratic Politics
… to modern conditions. Much of twentieth century democratic theory has been staged as a dispute between the advocates of a normative model of participatory democracy and an empiricist research program that takes the identification of democracy with representative institutions for granted. This …
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People, Places, and Politics: Voter Turnout in the United States, 1828 to 1992
… will shed light on some fundamental questions in democratic theory by shedding light on elite efforts to manage voters. At a minimum it should suggest the conditions under which such efforts are likely to be successful.
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From Governance to Consciousness: Reclaiming Participatory Agency Beyond Neoliberalism
… linking systems thinking, neuroscience, and democratic theory, shows that inner sustainability (agency, identity, meaning) and outer sustainability (ecological and social resilience) are inseparable. Through theory and citizen assembly case studies—from British Columbia and Ontario to …
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The quality of deliberation in Northern Ireland's district policing partnerships
This study uses theoretical based deliberative democratic dimensions to measure the deliberative quality of Northern Ireland’s District Policing Partnership (DPP) meetings in public. The study combines Habermasian, and Young’s deliberative concepts to create an Augmented Discourse Quality Index. …
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