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The EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Democracy promotion within the limits of the "ethnic conflict" paradigm [PDF]

, 2011
Seeking to contribute to the emerging debate about the substance of EU democracy promotion policies, this paper takes as its focus Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the EU‟s current democracy promotion efforts are primarily focused on reform of the country‟s
Cooley, Laurence
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Political Contest and Oppositional Voices in Postconflict Democracy:The Impact of Institutional Design on Government–Media Relations [PDF]

, 2016
The media are considered to play a crucial democratic role in the public sphere through representing political issues to the public (Gelders et al. 2007); facilitating deliberation, public opinion formation and political participation (Habermas 1989 ...
Charis Rice, Fawcett Liz, Habermas Jurgen, Humphreys Peter, Ian Somerville, Langdridge Darren, Lijphart Arend, Lijphart Arend, McLaughlin Greg, McNair Brian, Norris Pippa, Roche Patrick J., Rothchild Donald, Samuels Kirsti, Spencer Graham, Uribe Robert, Van Dijk Tuen A., Vos Tim P., Wilford Richard, Wolfsfeld Gadi   +19 more
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The Troubles and Beyond: The impact of a museum exhibit on a post‐conflict society

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland.
Laia Balcells, Elsa Voytas
wiley   +1 more source

Forming European Political Awareness and Facilitating Civic Engagement? Mainstream Europarties in Social Media

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how mainstream Europarties utilise social media to communicate with the public. According to EU law, Europarties are expected to strengthen the EU's legitimacy, mainly by fostering European political awareness and facilitating civic engagement.
Stefano Greco, Tapio Raunio
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of Negotiation Structure on the Success of Consociational Democracy in the Management of Ethno-Political Conflicts in Mandera County, Kenya

International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education, 2019
The roots of democracy are traced to the city state of Athens in ancient Greece in which originally, only privileged male members of the society played a direct role in the governance of their state (Ober, 2003).
Joseph M.Mutungi, David Kikaya, Anthony Ichuloi   +2 more
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The Consociational Addition to Indonesia’s Centripetalism as a Tactic of the Central Authorities: The Case of Papua [PDF]

, 2016
In 2001 the Indonesian government agreed to the introduction in the Indonesian Papua of regional, consociational elements of power-sharing, despite the fact that the dominant model of this system in Indonesia is centripetalism.
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
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Territory, values, and health law in a devolved United Kingdom: examining the role of the gift in opt‐out organ donation

Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Devolution since 1998 has seen administrations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales gain distinct powers over a range of policy fields, with health prominent among them. This poses two pressing questions for socio‐legal scholarship that we address in this article: to what extent are changing territorial arrangements significant ...
MATTHEW WATKINS, JOHN HARRINGTON, RUBY REED‐BERENDT, ANNE‐MAREE FARRELL   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló, Elanor Colleoni, Andreas Georg Scherer, Hannah Trittin‐Ulbrich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuity of Unconstitutional and Illegal Action on the Political Scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the End of the Xix Century to the Present Day – Reality or Imagination

Društvene i Humanističke Studije, 2021
From the time of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) until today, there have been occasional but continuous attacks on the territory, the population, and sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ajdin Huseinspahić, Sedad Dedić
doaj   +1 more source

What Belgium Can Teach Bosnia: The Uses of Autonomy in 'Divided House' States [PDF]

, 2003
Belgium and Bosnia can be understood as “divided house” states, which contain proportionally similar groups with opposing views regarding whether the state should be more unitary or more decentralised.
Stroschein, S
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