Search Results - direct democracy
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Making democracy work through the logic of practice
Published 2019“…We live in an increasingly globalized world in which we humans are linked to each other within and across transnational and national social fields that make up totality of modern societies. Governance and democracy are enacted on various levels, from districts up to international levels, such as the European Union (EU). …”
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Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation
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The role of the power relations and deliberative democracy in the decision-making process of water management
Published 2011“…This thesis is an examination of the manner in which the European Union Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD) has been implemented in Sweden. …”
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Water management in transition? : investigating the underlying reasons of low level of public participation in water planning in Hungary
Published 2018“…During the investigations, the key concept of deliberative democracy served as a theoretical framework. The main finding of the paper is that the participative and communicative processes during the implementation of the Directive are reduced to an elite of participants, deforming deliberative ideals and that the broader public is not even motivated to take a more significant role. …”
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Populist politics in Africa
Published 2019“…Populism is variously viewed as a political strategy aimed at fostering direct links between a leader and the masses, an ideational concept that relies on discourses that conjure a corrupt elite and the pure people, and a set of socio-cultural performances characterized by a leader’s charisma, theatrics, and transgression of accepted norms. …”
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Foreign aid and democratization in developing countries
Published 2018“…This article examines how donors influence democracy through foreign aid. Focusing on development aid and democracy assistance, it considers three mechanisms through which aid is disbursed: the diffusion of norms and knowledge, the provision of incentives, and the use of coercion. …”
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Putting violent armed conflict in the center of the Salween hydropower debates
Published 2017“…Contesting the general belief that economic development would help the country’s transition to full democracy and achieve peace, it illustrates how hydropower development plans in the basin are closely interlinked with human rights issues. …”
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Att låta medborgaren komma in
Published 2009“…But too often decisions, about the changes, were made by those who were not directly affected by them. Democratically speaking, it is important that the group most affected by a decision also comes to make the decision. …”
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Uthållig sanitet
Published 2005“…This can help to promote the interaction and communication between the authorities and the population, thereby strengthening the democracy.…”
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Emboldening equitable climate adaptation: A handbook for field research leaders
Published 2025“…While each strategy touches on the political, as well as technical, aspects of managing this action learning journey, it is the final strategy that engages most directly with upward and downward accountability for equitable outcomes. …”
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Development strategies, macroeconomic policies, and the agricultural sector in Zambia
Published 2008“…When world copper prices collapsed, however, the country plunged into macroeconomic crisis and the sectoral policies underlying state-directed industrialization became unsustainable. Driven by pressures from domestic political constituents and international donors, Zambia became a multiparty democracy in 1991 and elected a government that favored a strategy of market-driven development. …”
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Institutions and market distortions: international evidence for tobacco
Published 1996“…Protection increases with economic development and with well functioning direct taxation systems, but tends to be lower in the most advanced pluralistic democracies. …”
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Konstnärligt intrång
Published 2008“…Working for increasing people's influence in the public city spaces, and discussing the commersal advertisers role in the city, could however be a step in the right direction.…”
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