How to Assess the Democratic Qualities of a Multi-stakeholder Initiative from a Habermasian Perspective? Deliberative Democracy and the Equator Principles Framework
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3532-4
Abstract: The paper presents a renewed Habermasian view on transnational multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) and assesses the institutional characteristics of the Equator Principles Association (EPA) from a deliberative democracy perspective. Habermas’ work has been widely adopted in… read more here.
Keywords: msis; equator principles; multi stakeholder; deliberative democracy ... See more keywords
Environmental literacy and deliberative democracy: a content analysis of written submissions to the Irish Citizens’ Assembly on climate change
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DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02707-4
Abstract: Amid pressure for climate action worldwide, processes of deliberative democracy are being called upon to address public policy complexities, include citizens in decision-making, restore faith in public institutions and enhance governance processes. The citizens’ assembly… read more here.
Keywords: citizens assembly; change; analysis; irish citizens ... See more keywords
Deliberative Democracy in an Unequal World: A Text-As-Data Study of South India’s Village Assemblies
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DOI: 10.1017/s0003055419000182
Abstract: This paper opens the “black box” of real-world deliberation by using text-as-data methods on a corpus of transcripts from the constitutionally mandated gram sabhas, or village assemblies, of rural India. Drawing on normative theories of… read more here.
Keywords: democracy unequal; world; deliberative democracy; text data ... See more keywords
Deliberative Democracy Now: LGBT Equality and the Emergence of Large-Scale Deliberative Systems. By Edwina Barvosa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 308p. $99.99 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592719000161
Abstract: through the first chapter. Thereafter, we have a very readable history of ideas of a conventional kind, but little attempt to pause to ask whether the concept has changed, and if so, how. A related… read more here.
Keywords: equality emergence; lgbt equality; deliberative democracy; democracy lgbt ... See more keywords
Response to Fabio Wolkenstein’s Review of Democracy without Shortcuts: A Participatory Conception of Deliberative Democracy
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592720003357
Abstract: zens’ rights to political and legal contestation.”This requirement is met when institutions are in place that “enable citizens to challenge the acceptability of coercive policies to which they are subject... by requesting that proper public… read more here.
Keywords: judicial review; without shortcuts; review; deliberative democracy ... See more keywords
Deliberative democracy in local governance: the impact of institutional design on legitimacy
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DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2016.1261699
Abstract: ABSTRACT Deliberative democracy is expected to increase legitimacy and effectiveness of democratic governance. In recent years, a growing body of research has reported on different instances of participatory innovations across the globe. Nevertheless, quantitative evidence… read more here.
Keywords: institutional design; governance; legitimacy; deliberative democracy ... See more keywords
Capacitating civic engagement with deliberative democracy initiatives
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DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2021.1958240
Abstract: ABSTRACT Polarization in political culture and the decline of public education for civic engagement have become serious challenges to a healthy constitutional federal republic in the United States. Communication as a field of study in… read more here.
Keywords: capacitating civic; deliberative democracy; university; model ... See more keywords
Pluralism and consensus in deliberative democracy
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DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2017.1328089
Abstract: Abstract A central discussion in the theory of deliberative democracy in recent decades has focused on whether democratic deliberation, and consequently those participating in it, should aim, at least ideally, for political consensus. Thus, pluralist… read more here.
Keywords: pluralism consensus; consensus deliberative; consensus; deliberative democracy ... See more keywords
Bringing the citizen back into EU democracy: against the input-output model and why deliberative democracy might be the answer
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DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2018.1469236
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article asks what role deliberative democracy could play in democratising the EU. Whilst searching for an answer to this question, the article aims to contribute to the post-2008 financial and economic crisis EU… read more here.
Keywords: article; input output; output model; deliberative democracy ... See more keywords
Disinformation as a Threat to Deliberative Democracy
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DOI: 10.1177/1065912920938143
Abstract: It is frequently claimed that online disinformation threatens democracy, and that disinformation is more prevalent or harmful because social media platforms have disrupted our communication systems. These intuitions have not been fully developed in democratic… read more here.
Keywords: democracy disinformation; anti deliberative; disinformation; disinformation threat ... See more keywords
Authoritarianism and Deliberative Democracy: Responding to Our Current Political Times and Contexts
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DOI: 10.16997/jdd.303
Abstract: This article introduces the special issue on Deliberative Democracy in an Era of Authoritarianism. The essay highlights the relationship between authoritarianism and democracy, and discusses concerns about the current rise in authoritarianism in political systems.… read more here.
Keywords: authoritarianism; authoritarianism deliberative; responding current; deliberative democracy ... See more keywords