Search for dissertations about: "democratic deliberation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words democratic deliberation.

2. 1. Arenas for Democratic Deliberation : Decision-Making in an Infrastructure Project in Sweden

   Author : Hans Wiklund; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deliberative democracy; swedish democracy; democratic deliberation; multi-level decision-making; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Democracy today faces challenges in the form of declining levels of electoral participation, dwindling membership in and attachment to political parties, decreasing involvement in established non-governmental organisations and diminishing citizen trust in politicians, political institutions and systems. This study elucidates the democratic status of the Swedish formal political system through an analysis of the decision-making process related to the first power transmission link between Sweden and Poland. READ MORE

4. 2. Democracy, education and citizenship : towards a theory on the education of deliberative democratic citizens

   Author : Klas Roth; Christer Fritzell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; deliberative democracy; democratic education; deliberation; citizenship education; educational theory; philosophy of education and political theory.; pedagogik; Education;

   Abstract : The present thesis suggests ideas for a theory on the education of deliberative democratic citizens in a multicultural society in terms of what I have called Eddemcit. It involves a) an ideal view of democracy in communicative and discourse-ethical terms, b) a comprehensive view of an autonomous citizen, c) two conditions for deliberation in terms of opportunity and freedom, d) a core value in terms of conscious social and cultural mediation, e) democratic principles as heuristic devices, f) an understanding of democratic deliberation in terms of intersubjectivity, processes and the better argument. READ MORE

5. 3. No time for reason : Deliberation, status and democracy in the modern democracy

   Author : Johan Wänström; Eric Kramer; USA University of Oklahoma Department of Communication; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reason; Deliberation; Democracy; Society; Social capital; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Economic use of time (efficiency) and democracy are common features in many modern western societies. However, a strong egalitarian democracy requires equal participation in the social construction of meaning, reason and ultimately knowledge. READ MORE

6. 4. Democracy Reconsidered : Britain, France, Sweden, and the EU

   Author : Hans Agné; Kjell Goldmann; Jörgen Hermansson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democracy; Democratic theory; Autonomy; Participation; Deliberation; Internationalisation; Globalisation; EU; Budget policy; International Political Economy; parliament; European integration; Sweden; France; Britain; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether some positions in democratic theory should be adjusted or abandoned in view of internationalisation; and if adjusted, how. More specifically it pursues three different aims: to evaluate various attempts to explain levels of democracy as consequences of internationalisation; to investigate whether the taking into account of internationalisation reveals any reason to reconsider what democracy is or means; and to suggest normative interpretations that cohere with the adjustments of conceptual and explanatory democratic theory made in the course of meeting the other two aims. READ MORE

7. 5. Democratic innovations in political systems : towards a systemic approach

   Author : Magnus Adenskog; Joachim Åström; Jan Olsson; Henrik Serup Christiansen; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democratic innovations; online political participation; political institutions; political trust; political systems;

   Abstract : There are many indicators that the representative democratic system is currently facing serious legitimacy challenges. Two central indicators of these challenges are changing patterns of political participation and a decline in system support. READ MORE