69. More Participation, More Democracy?

Parry, Geraint; Moyser, George; Blaug, Ricardo; Schwarzmantel, John

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“…However, this may not be the case, and decentralization may exacerbate power inequalities by creating new centers of power. In other words, decentralization will not promote the deepening of democracy if it devolves power to unaccountable local elite groups (Parry and Moyser, , p. 53; Snyder et al, ). Therefore, according to the literature, increasing participation in settings where inequality is widespread carries the risk of reinforcing existing inequalities or creating new ones.…”

Section: Decentralization and Democratization: The Impact Of Power Asmentioning

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The Impact of Power and Civic Engagement in the Decentralized Management of Natural Resources: The Case of Turkey

Kadirbeyoğlu

2017

Public Admin & Development

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Decentralization is an extensively discussed topic within academic and institutional circles worldwide. While a common argument for decentralization is that it fosters democratic deepening, counterarguments cautiously point to unequal access to resources and distribution of power as factors that inhibit democratization. This study contributes to the literature on the relationship between decentralization and democratization through a comparative study of Water User Associations in two provinces of Turkey and shows in line with the literature that resource and power inequalities hamper the link between decentralization and democratization. However, as this article shows, civic engagement can generate "countervailing power" that can overcome the negative impact of such inequalities.

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Section: Decentralization and Democratization: The Impact Of Power Asmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Power and Civic Engagement in the Decentralized Management of Natural Resources: The Case of Turkey

Kadirbeyoğlu

2017

Public Admin & Development

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“…Desde el campo de las actitudes políticas y desde una perspectiva empírica, la educación ha sido vista como un factor muy importante a tomar en consideración al analizar el desarrollo del apoyo hacia la democracia. Desde el clásico estudio por Almond y Verba (1989[1963]), el nivel educacional, como una dimensión de la modernización socioeconómica, ha sido vista por la mayoría de investigadores como un factor influyente importante dentro del desarrollo del apoyo político hacia la democracia (Diamond, 1999;Putnam, 1993;Parry & Moyser, 1994;Hadenius, 2001;Dalton, 2004;Carrión & Zárate, 2010;Norris, 2011). Dicha aproximación a la educación se vincula con la perspectiva planteada por el enfoque de desarrollo humano que plantea el aporte de la educación para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas.…”

Section: La Relación Entre La Escuela Y La Libertad De Participación ...unclassified

Efecto de los mecanismos participativos escolares en el desarrollo de actitudes favorables hacia la democracia y la libertad política : el caso de estudiantes peruanos recientemente egresados del nivel secundario

Chávez¹

2017

Ética, Agencia Y Desarrollo Humano: V Conferencia De La Asociación Latinoamericana Y Del Caribe Para El Desarollo Humano Y El E

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En el presente trabajo analizaré, partiendo del análisis del enfoque de desarrollo humano, el rol que cumpliría la escuela peruana en el fomento de la libertad de los individuos a participar de la vida pública y de la constitución de la democracia. Concretamente, propongo discutir si es que la existencia de mecanismos de participación estudiantil al interior de las escuelas tendría algún efecto en la disposición de las y los estudiantes peruanos hacia la democracia como forma de gobierno y hacia la libertad política.

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“…This definition is still predominant in studies of political participation and has provided the reference for international research since the 1970s (Barnes & Kaase 1979;Verba, et al 1978) until the 1990s (Parry & Moyser 1994;Verba, et al 1995). Its presence in most handbooks and encyclopaedias in the social sciences, confirms the popularity of this conception of political participation in the current academic literature (Teorell 2006).…”

Section: Non-electoral Political Participation In Romania: Conceptualmentioning

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Selective or Generic Activism? Types of Participants, Political Action Repertoires and Mobilisation Capacity in a Post-Communist Society

Tatar

2015

Europe-Asia Studies

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This study develops and tests two arguments for how repertoires of political action are reconfigured in postcommunist Romania. Using multivariate statistical analysis, it examines whether citizens' engagement in postcommunist politics is linked with generic socioeconomic and attitudinal traits or alternatively, it is connected with selective mobilization opportunities provided by social networks and organizations. The findings reveal that while most Romanians are politically inactive two decades after the fall of communism, those who engage in politics do it selectively and their political action repertoires are largely influenced by four mobilizing agents: trade unions, political parties, social networks and civil society organizations. The literature on post-communist politics generally points out a stark contrast between the effervescence of social movements that led to the collapse of the communist regimes and the relative apathy after the establishment of democracy (Letki 2003). While democratic theory posits that political engagement plays an important role in the equal representation of citizens' needs and preferences in the democratic political processes, post-communist citizens seem to be increasingly estranged from politics. Thus, the identification of factors shaping how and how much citizens participate in the political sphere is important (Johann 2012) as it points to the underlying sources of political apathy in the region. However, research on post-communist 'repertoires' of political participation in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is insufficient and this hampers our understanding of the functioning and persistence of democracy in this region. A frequent finding in the political behaviour literature is that citizens of eastern European countries participate less in politics than their western neighbours (Bernhagen & Marsh 2007). But is this difference simply a matter of degree of citizen participation? Or do post-communist citizens and their western counterparts also differ in their understanding of what political participation means and how they combine various structural

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69. More Participation, More Democracy?

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The Impact of Power and Civic Engagement in the Decentralized Management of Natural Resources: The Case of Turkey

The Impact of Power and Civic Engagement in the Decentralized Management of Natural Resources: The Case of Turkey

Efecto de los mecanismos participativos escolares en el desarrollo de actitudes favorables hacia la democracia y la libertad política : el caso de estudiantes peruanos recientemente egresados del nivel secundario

Selective or Generic Activism? Types of Participants, Political Action Repertoires and Mobilisation Capacity in a Post-Communist Society

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