Democratic Governance and the Creation of Social Capital in Sweden:

Trägårdh, Lars

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“…In these settings, participants are encouraged to listen to a range of different viewpoints and work through dialogue and negotiation to reach a compromise if not consensus (compare Habermas 1981). Hybrid state-citizen commissions, made up of citizen representatives, civic leaders, and state officials, can open up a space for dialogue between civil society organizations and state actors, a space not available through conventional electoral politics, and can potentially generate trust among the participants (Trägårdh 2007). Both mechanisms provide for a more inclusive mode of decisionmaking where various social groups and political actors can get the sense that their opinions matter to state elites and their interests may be incorporated into legislative proposals.…”

Section: Washington: Deliberative Democracymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Politics of Pain: A Political Institutionalist Analysis of Crime Victims' Moral Protests

Barker

2007

Law Soc Rev

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Like the new social movements, crime victim movements were part of broad cultural struggles to redefine the character of social order in the late twentieth century. Motivated by pain and outrage over criminal victimization, they were engaged in highly charged moral protests over the rights and duties of state government and the relative value of human life. This article argues that the degree to which crime victims were part of a retributive movementFthe restriction of criminal offenders' rights and libertiesFor part of a restorative movement to repair victims' well-being depended on the political context in which they were operating, specifically the structure of the democratic process. The case studies suggest that a context with a high degree of democratization but intensive social polarization was more likely to deepen crime victims' demands for vengeance as well as provide their legal and political expression, while a context with intensive civic engagement but well-developed social trust and norms of reciprocity was more likely to bring about pragmatic measures, intermixing restorative and restrictive approaches to criminal victimization. This article seeks to extend the literature on political institutionalism by integrating the structural constraints of institutions with the power of human agency.

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Section: Washington: Deliberative Democracymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Politics of Pain: A Political Institutionalist Analysis of Crime Victims' Moral Protests

Barker

2007

Law Soc Rev

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“…In the referral process -a specific Swedish form of stakeholder response to governmental investigations Trädgårdh (2007) -the SSNC indicated that they accepted clear-cutting as a forestry method. Enander (2007) maintains that this SSNC position was highly important for subsequent forestry debate.…”

Section: Widespread Criticism From Engos and The Publicmentioning

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Retention forestry in Sweden: driving forces, debate and implementation 1968–2003

Simonsson

Gustafsson

Östlund

2014

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

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Retention forestry (RF) is a modified form of clear-cutting that has been introduced recently in several countries. It is intended to integrate the conservation of biodiversity with timber production and to maintain the provision of other ecosystem services by retaining important forest qualities, habitats and structures. In this study we seek to identify forces driving the conceptual development, acceptance and implementation of RF in Sweden by describing and investigating the RF debate among foresters and environmental NGOs from 1968 to 2003. Specifically, we seek to elucidate when RF was first proposed, the arguments for and against it, and pivotal trends in the debate. Our study is based on thorough systematic analysis of articles published in journals issued by two non-profit associations. Our data show that the development of RF in Sweden was driven by several interacting factors and we distinguish critical time periods, from strong debates and conflicts during the 1970s until the breakthrough of forestry certification at the turn of the millennium. We argue that historical analysis of the forces driving changes in forestry management is important for elucidating why changes occur and the dynamic nature of perceptions and uses of forest ecosystems in modern societies.

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“…Historically, it was largely voluntary organizations with close contact to the government that were invited to participate. Being invited to the commission process and other corporative settings presupposed a close collaboration with the government where compromises and consensus-seeking processes with organizations were an integral part of the policy process (Elvander, 1974;Trägårdh, 2007). It is possible that the same institutional 'logic' (March & Olsen, 1989) inherited in the commission process is discernible here and influences which voluntary organizations government chooses to invite.…”

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“…The remiss procedure is formally ascribed in the constitution and historically put forward as one of the most unique, deliberative and pluralistic parts of the Swedish policy process in which a wide range of organizations are consulted before a decision is made (Anton, 1969;Trägårdh, 2007). More precisely, this article explores the factors that characterize voluntary organizations invited to the remiss procedure and discusses the result from different theoretical perspectives: pluralism, network governance and the theory of political opportunity structures.…”

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Does the Government Selection Process Promote or Hinder Pluralism? Exploring the Characteristics of Voluntary Organizations Invited to Public Consultations

Lundberg

2013

Journal of Civil Society

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Democratic Governance and the Creation of Social Capital in Sweden:

Cited by 16 publications

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The Politics of Pain: A Political Institutionalist Analysis of Crime Victims' Moral Protests

The Politics of Pain: A Political Institutionalist Analysis of Crime Victims' Moral Protests

Retention forestry in Sweden: driving forces, debate and implementation 1968–2003

Does the Government Selection Process Promote or Hinder Pluralism? Exploring the Characteristics of Voluntary Organizations Invited to Public Consultations

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