Crisis of Democracy? Recognizing the Democratic Potential of Alternative Forms of Political Participation

McCaffrie, Brendan; Akram, Sadiya

doi:10.3167/dt.2014.010205

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“…This is characterized by growing disenchantment with the political system leading to declining voter turnout and retreat from participation in political and civic organizations 2 paired with strategic depoliticization of policy away from traditional participatory mechanisms. While most analyses of democratic quality in new member states have focused on onedimensional institutional and procedural 'backsliding', such a decline in the participatory quality of democracy is a dominant theme in literature on crises of consolidated, mostly 'old' Western democracies (see Macedo et al 2005;McCaffrie & Akram, 2014;Putnam, 2000;Stoker, 2006). Mair (2006) identifies a withdrawal both of citizens and governments from meaningful participatory politics.…”

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The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law

Gora

Wilde

2020

Journal of European Public Policy

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The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law

Gora

Wilde

2020

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…The procedural democratic theory (PDT) of governance posits that citizenship engagement with political issues ought to be limited to voting participation or representation of the electorate (McCaffrie & Akram, 2014). After selecting their delegates, citizens ought to allow them to perform their work of making policies by not interfering.…”

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Youth Political Participation in Nigeria: A Theoretical Synthesis

Vite¹,

Stephen²,

Gbimoiye³

et al. 2020

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Exploration of political participation as concept and in context is commonplace in political science, political sociology, and other interstitial disciplines, but its exact role and conceptual importance is debated. This study clarifies how political engagement is understood and the activities that constitute it or are included. The paper further explains political participation, first by presenting an outline of how previous literature have interpreted and adjusted the concept. A brief analysis of the core debate on the activities that ought to be recognised as political engagement has also been examined. It zeros in with the analysis of reasons youths engage and some fail to participate in politics in Nigeria.

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“…The democratic landscape around the world today is influenced by many complex dynamics such as economic growth and inequality, conflict, innovation and new technologies, geopolitical power shifts, migration and climate change (Ercan and Gagnon, 2014; Grugel and Bishop, 2014). Many democracies face challenges like decreasing and changing forms of political engagement (McCaffrie and Akram, 2014), low levels of trust in political institutions (Dalton, 2004; Van Der Meer, 2017), dissatisfaction with the performance of democracy (Norris, 2011; Stoker, 2006), support for populist movements (Mudde, 2016) and undemocratic forms of government (Norris, 2011). The country is undergoing a political monopoly, with internal feuds among leaders and activists of the ruling party looming large ( Dhaka Tribune , 2018).…”

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Demoralization-led migration in Bangladesh: A sense of insecurity-based decision-making model

Ullah

Huque

2019

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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Political hostility, unrest and flawed governance cause insecurity leading to demoralization, which triggers migration. There is a large body of literature on the determinants of international migration that highlights a range of factors to explain the direction and strength of migrant flows. For this research we interviewed 32 respondents who were a control group in a study conducted a decade ago. These respondents were determined not to migrate, but their migration decision was reversed over a period of 10 years. This article explores the relation between a sense of insecurity and the demoralization that influences migration decisions. It further investigates the causes that contributed to this change. As democracy shrinks, authoritarianism expands, implying that there is no accountability. This leads a country to widespread corruption, creating severe social injustices. People in general become demoralized and decide to migrate out. This article adds to the body of work by focusing on whether the migration decision is a response to widespread corruption, prevailing political conditions, violence, conflict, poor governance, an absence of rule of law and freedom or declining of democratic space in Bangladesh.

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Crisis of Democracy? Recognizing the Democratic Potential of Alternative Forms of Political Participation

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The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law

The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law

Youth Political Participation in Nigeria: A Theoretical Synthesis

Demoralization-led migration in Bangladesh: A sense of insecurity-based decision-making model

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