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Colombia Internacional, 2019 This article aims to analyze the progress made by leftwing governments, specifically the Lula da Silva government in Brazil (2003-2010), Hugo Chavez in Venezuela (1999-2013) and Michelle Bachelet in Chile (2006-2010) in the conformation of participatory ...
Kátia Alves Fukushima
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Grassroot NGOs and Political Reform in Thailand: Democracy behind Civil Society
The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 1998 This article argues that behind the concept of civil society is a real opportunity for populist forces to drive democracy forward. In Thailand, the participatory role of non-governmental organisations, particularly at grassroots level, is very ...
Naruemon Thabchumpon
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Deliberative and Participatory Democracy in the UK [PDF]
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2013 Research Highlights and Abstract This article: Provides an overview of the development of deliberative and participatory democracy in the UK. Critically analyses the success of consecutive UK national governments in fostering deliberative and participatory processes.
Davidson S, Elstub S
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Métropoles, 2016 This article deals with the impact of local political competition on participatory democracy. To what extent does political competition at local level shapes the production of ‘citizen participation’ in participatory arenas?
Virginie Anquetin, Cécile Cuny
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Budżet obywatelski województwa małopolskiego
Eastern Review, 2018 A participatory budgeting is a form of direct democracy, which in Poland has been gaining more and more popularity and is used in many local government units.
Barbara Węglarz
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2019 Direct democracy, the tradition of which dates back to ancient Athens, is now widely practised in many countries around the world. In this paper, a case study of participatory budgeting is given as an illustration of how residents can decide directly ...
Zofia Łapniewska
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Participatory Deliberative Democracy for Peace in El Salvador
Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2019 Postconflict societies such as El Salvador, surpassing 25 years of relative peace since signing the 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords, have employed many mechanisms to rebuild and establish lasting peace.
Marcia Mundt
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Contemporary theories of democracy [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2008 The aim of this paper is two-fold: first, to analyze several contemporary theories of democracy, and secondly, to propose a theoretical framework for further investigations based on analyzed theories.
Mladenović Ivan
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Transnational Models of Citizen Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting
Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2012 This article pursues two main objectives. First, it provides a transnational overview and analysis of participatory budgeting, which has been central to the literature on democratic innovations in citizen participation.
Anja Röcke +3 more
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Participatory democracy and participatory research
European Political Science ReviewAbstractWhile normative theories of participatory democracy and practical experiences of participatory research share a common democratic commitment, the two fields have emerged and to date exist in isolation from each other. This article bridges this divide and asks what participatory democracy and participatory research can learn from one another. It
Hans Asenbaum +3 more
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