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Transnational Models of Citizen Participation: The Case of Participatory Budgeting

open access: yesJournal 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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Contemporary theories of democracy [PDF]

open access: yesFilozofija 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
doaj   +1 more source

Three Forms of Deliberation in Models of Deliberative Democracy [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная Европа
The article examines the theoretical models of deliberative democracy in their opposition to the theoretical models of democratic elitism and participatory democracy. Having briefly described the features of the normative theory of deliberative democracy,
N.A. Shaveko
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Conserved binding mode but diverse interfaces of MreC‐PBP2 interactions

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The crystal structure of abMreC reveals a conserved two β‐barrel architecture and provides structural insights into its role within the bacterial elongasome. The abMreC–abPBP2 complex model identifies the molecular basis of MreC‐mediated PBP2 recognition, contributing to the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis.
Hyunseok Jang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Los modelos de democracia participativa en el constitucionalismo andino: los casos de Venezuela y Bolivia

open access: yesRevista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2017
The Constitutions approved during the last two decades in the Andean zone of Latin America have created a constitutional form of their own, with elements different from traditional constitutionalism.
Albert Noguera Fernández
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Participatory design towards digital democracy

open access: yes, 2022
The potential contributions of participatory design towards current problems of digital democracy platforms are investigated in this research. Literature review, thematic analysis, and inter-rater reliability test were used to determine the major issues ...
Silva, Santiago Augusto, Baek, Joon Sang
core   +1 more source

Ligand‐dependent transcriptional heterogeneity in cell cycle gene expression delays G1/S entry

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
EGF and HRG induce distinct G1/S progression programs in ErbB2‐amplified BT474 breast cancer cells. Despite activating the potent ErbB2–ErbB3 heterodimer, HRG does not accelerate cell‐cycle entry. Instead, EGF promotes earlier restriction‐point passage via ERK–FOS signaling, whereas HRG activates the AKT–MYC axis, driving transcriptional heterogeneity ...
Ririn Rahmala Febri   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participatory Democracy in Reforming the Way of Political Organization of Contemporary Society - European Models

open access: yesІсторико-політичні проблеми сучасного світу, 2018
This article analyzes the phenomenon of participatory democracy and the impact of community norms on the process of democratization in the context of reforming the way of political organization of contemporary society.
Валентина Урсу
doaj   +1 more source

Neutralization of the PTX3/CD44 axis suppresses TGF‐β1 signaling in kidney fibrosis

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study investigates how the PTX3/CD44 axis promotes kidney fibrosis by activating TGF‐β1 signaling. We demonstrate that the neutralizing antibody WHC‐001 effectively inhibits this pathway, suppressing myofibroblast activation and partial epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT).
Chao‐Chun Cheng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reforming the Relationship between the State and Civil Society in Latin America

open access: yesLatin American Research Review, 2018
This essay reviews the following works: Enhancing Democracy: Public Policies and Citizen Participation in Chile. By Gonzalo Delamaza. New York: Berghahn Books, 2015. Pp. vi + 296. $99.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781782385462. The Politics of Local Participatory
Maureen Donaghy
doaj   +1 more source

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