Political Organizations, Interest Groups and Citizens Engagement: An Integrated Model of Democracy

Balestri, Claudio

doi:10.1007/s11115-013-0243-x

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“…Since the 1980s a change in patterns of governance can be observed -the sole reliance on state and its institutions has been shifted to a more mixed approach combining both state and non-state actors. First of all, this highlights the increasing participation and influence of various interest groups or civil society organizations in agenda-setting and policy formation (Balestri, 2014;Dür & Mateo, 2016). Secondly, it reflects the stronger involvement of non-state actors in policy implementation, including actual delivery of public services (Peters, 2001).…”

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Higher education policy dynamics in turbulent times – access to higher education for refugees in Europe

Jungblut

Vukasović

Steinhardt

2018

Studies in Higher Education

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Section: Dimensions Of Policy-making and Implementationmentioning

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Higher education policy dynamics in turbulent times – access to higher education for refugees in Europe

Jungblut

Vukasović

Steinhardt

2018

Studies in Higher Education

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“…The necessity for a new kind of political engagement to handle these matters is fundamental to the deliberative (improving collective decision-making) democratic system. These depend on urging citizens to debate and deliberate about political matters in an informal way (Balestri, 2013;Campbell, 2013;Emery, 2016).…”

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Youth Political Participation in Nigeria: A Theoretical Synthesis

Vite¹,

Stephen²,

Gbimoiye³

et al. 2020

UCER-B

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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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“…Balestri (2014) develops a model of representative democracy where political organizations are intended to maximize a residual quantum consisting in the public authority that can actually be exercised after all the electoral commitments with voters and interests groups have been fulfilled. This residual right-which can be seen also as the degree of discretion necessary for ruling parties to deal with unforeseen contingencies-is based on the "reputational" capital (goodwill) accumulated over time by political organizations and represents the intangible asset that secures voter loyalty and, consequently, the legitimacy to exercise public authority in the long run.…”

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On the Inefficiency of Political Exchange

Balestri

2015

Public Organiz Rev

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A classic argument in economic theory is that in a world of zero transaction costs the free bargaining among parties spontaneously leads to an efficient allocation of resources. Attempts have been made by many economists to apply such an argument to the field of politics. In contrast to market exchanges, political exchanges have been widely criticized on ethical grounds. Going beyond the well-known moral criticism regarding the exchange of votes, the paper attempts to demonstrate how in politics, ethics and economics can go hand in hand. Specifically, it proposes an unusual perspective on transaction costs, by arguing that the enhancement of such costs can be required to achieve efficient results in specific circumstances, where the free bargaining among parties conflicts with the public issue to be addressed. This suggests the basic idea that, while in markets transaction costs should be reduced, in politics, they may require to be enhanced.

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Political Organizations, Interest Groups and Citizens Engagement: An Integrated Model of Democracy

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Higher education policy dynamics in turbulent times – access to higher education for refugees in Europe

Higher education policy dynamics in turbulent times – access to higher education for refugees in Europe

Youth Political Participation in Nigeria: A Theoretical Synthesis

On the Inefficiency of Political Exchange

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