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Institutionalization of Participatory Democratic Innovations: Understanding the Roles of Established and Emerging Actors

open access: yesPolitics and Governance
While existing research has increasingly emphasized the need to embed democratic innovations within formal political structures to ensure their sustainability, analytical frameworks are largely rooted in normative democratic theory and often lack tools ...
Gazela Pudar Drasko, Irena Fiket
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Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times

open access: yesPolitics and Governance
Democratic innovations designed to deepen citizen involvement, inclusion, and decision-making legitimacy increasingly face a question: how can experimental practices transition into stable and enduring institutional forms capable of sustaining meaningful
Irena Fiket   +2 more
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A Theory of Social Interactions [PDF]

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This essay incorporates a general treatment of social interactions into the modern theory of consumer demand. Section 1 introduces the topic and explores some of the existing perspectives on social interactions and their importance in the basic structure
Gary S. Becker
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APPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL THEORY [PDF]

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Experiments and studies were conducted to investigate the role of social capital. Social capital (relationship to others) is a productive asset which is a substitute for and complement to other productive assets.
Robison, Lindon J., Schmid, A. Allan
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A Needs-Based Partial Theory of Human Injustice: Oppression, Dehumanization, Exploitation, and Systematic Inequality in Opportunities to Address Human Needs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The article presents an original needs-based partial theory of human injustice and shows its relationship to existing theories of human need and human liberation.
Dover, Michael Alan
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