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The importance of input and output legitimacy in democratic governance: evidence from a population-based survey experiment in four West European countries

open access: yes, 2019
The study of subjective democratic legitimacy from a citizens’ perspective has become an important strand of research in political science. Echoing the well‐known distinction between ‘input‐oriented’ and ‘output‐oriented’ legitimacy, the scientific ...
Strebel, Michael A; https://orcid.org/   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Energy Poverty and Democratic Values: A European Perspective

open access: yesEnergies
This paper explores the complex relationship between energy poverty and the maintenance of democratic values within the European Union (EU), suggesting that energy poverty not only impacts economic stability and health outcomes but also poses significant
Aleksy Kwilinski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Deliberative democracy in Canadian watershed governance

open access: yesWater Alternatives, 2018
Bottom-up watershed governance that features citizen engagement in decision-making is touted as a panacea for better social and environmental outcomes.
Margot Hurlbert, Evan Andrews
doaj  

Embedding public participation in service delivery planning in South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Local Government Research and Innovation
Background: In the past 30 years, South Africa has prioritised public participation in service delivery planning as a cornerstone of democratic governance by using forums and meetings to integrate citizen input.
France K.L. Kgobe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Not All Who Wander Are Lost - Democratizing Data Support and Governance in 21st Century

open access: yes
Legacies of illegality surrounds the utilization of data, information and how they are passed across for use in organizations, society and institutions. Data and information hiding through a concept that synchronizes with data abstraction and encapsulation is taken to a different parlance where process owners behave as if the exclusivity of access and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Framing National Education in Hong Kong: A frame analysis of power dynamics in stakeholders' competing narratives

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how national education in Hong Kong functions as a contested arena in which state and non‐state actors struggle over the meaning of citizenship, identity and schooling. Using inductive frame analysis of 319 news articles (2020–2025) from five Chinese‐ and English‐language outlets, it identifies diagnostic, prognostic and ...
Jason Cong Lin
wiley   +1 more source

An application of Lindbergs thesis in assessing democratic growth in Zambia

open access: yes, 2011
Includes bibliographical references.More specifically, the study examines whether a within country, over time analysis of Zambia, reveal that Zambia is in fact becoming more democratic.
Chileshe, Chileshe
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Prosocial behaviour in primary and secondary school students. Effects of the CYBUPRE intervention

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Prosocial behaviour is regarded as a critical factor in reducing aggressive behaviours among peers, both in physical settings and virtual spaces. This variable facilitates the enhancement of social relationships, promoting empathy, deep listening, physical and verbal service, and even solidarity, among other benefits.
Mercedes Chicote‐Beato   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The legal status of NGOs in international governance and its relevance for the legitimacy of international organizations [PDF]

open access: yes
This working paper introduces the concept of legal personality of non-state actors as an indicator of the democratic legitimacy of international organizations (IOs).
Kissling, Claudia
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