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Bring the Public In: Assessing Non‐Participants' Legitimacy Perceptions of a Digital Democratic Innovation in a Swiss Experiment

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 622-643, December 2025.
Abstract Democratic innovations, i.e., participatory processes where citizens deliberate and produce various outputs, typically involve few participants. Since the produced outputs impact the entire population, the small number of participants raises legitimacy concerns.
Giada Gianola
wiley   +1 more source

The Search for the Self: the Essence of Dewey’s Ethics

Journal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies, 2013
This paper is divided into three brief parts and will try to clarify, in the young John Dewey, the meaning of the individual as a social organism. The individual as a social organism is considered as a «container and user» of democracy, in continuous ...
Teodora Pezzano
doaj   +1 more source

Quale democrazia?

, 2017
L'articolo discute l'evoluzione del concetto di democrazia a partire da come questo concetto viene elaborato da John Dewey nel corso della sua lunga esperienza. In particolare viene esaminata la crisi del modello ottimistico che proponeva una visione illuministica del processo di evoluzione della democrazia attraverso l'educazione e le contraddizioni ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Institutional Context and Satisfaction with Democracy: Shaping the Winner‐Loser Gap among Latin American Legislators

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 666-686, December 2025.
Abstract This article analyzes satisfaction with democracy among legislators in Latin America by centering on the impact of institutional settings. Our dataset contains 2,448 interviews from 17 countries between 2009 and 2022. The results of our multilevel logistic regression analysis underscore the significance of institutions, highlighting that ...
Mar Martínez Rosón, Margarita Corral, Araceli Mateos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latent Ideological Positions of Swiss Parties and Subsets of the Population

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 733-752, December 2025.
Abstract Prominent theories of political representation consider ideology to be a central concept that links political elites and citizens. However, studies usually rely on different data and measures to operationalize this concept. This paper presents a two‐step estimation strategy for measuring the ideological positions of parties and population ...
Maxime Walder
wiley   +1 more source

Citizenship and Active Participation: Timē, Atimia, and Epitimia in Ancient Greek Legislation against Tyranny

Erga-Logoi
This paper re-examines ancient Greek anti-tyranny legislation from the perspective of honour, through the analysis of the relevant legal terminology (timē, atimia, and epitimia) in three anti-tyranny laws: IG II3 1 320 (Athens, 337/6 BCE), IG XII 9 190 ...
Linda Rocchi
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Assembly democracy between social selectivity and equality

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 817-832, December 2025.
Abstract In most Swiss municipalities and two cantons, voting means attending a public assembly rather than casting a ballot. This article investigates the extent to which participation in such assemblies is shaped by different patterns of social selectivity compared to ballot voting.
Hans‐Peter Schaub, Philippe E. Rochat
wiley   +1 more source

Unequal Voices: The Educational Gap of Voting Choices in the Swiss Direct Democracy

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 833-844, December 2025.
Abstract This contribution examines the educational gap in voting behavior in Swiss direct democracy, moving beyond the well‐documented turnout differences to assess how education shapes citizens' choices. Drawing on survey data covering 300 votes between 1985 and 2020, we analyze the extent to which low‐ and highly‐educated voters diverge in their ...
Pascal Sciarini, Maxime Walder
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The Loss of Reason and the Task of Education

Encyclopaideia, 2020
Democracy is not just a set of rules and procedures. Today, through a clever use of analogical and digital technologies, increasing invasive consumerism can erode two attitudes of the citizen: the deep attention and the construction of the symbolic world.
Enrico Bottero
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Human Capital and Social Capital in the Creation of Political Participation in Switzerland

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 804-816, December 2025.
Abstract Political participation is essential for a well‐functioning democracy. Although political participation is linked to the level of education, little research investigates the political participation of people with a low level of education. This study examines whether the effect of low education on political participation can be offset by social
Alina Zumbrunn
wiley   +1 more source