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Kristian Stokke
Bio: Kristian Stokke is an academic researcher from University of Oslo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Democracy. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 62 publications receiving 2241 citations.
Topics: Politics, Democracy, Democratization, Social movement, Citizenship
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the manifestations of this move in four key political arenas: decentralised service delivery, participatory development, social capital formation and local development, and collective actions for "radical democracy".
Abstract: Recent discussions in development have moved away from holistic theorisation towards more localised, empirical and inductive approaches. In development practice there has been a parallel move towards local ‘participation’ and ‘empowerment’, which has produced, albeit with very different agendas, a high level of agreement between actors and institutions of the ‘new’ Left and the ‘new’ Right. This paper examines the manifestations of this move in four key political arenas: decentralised service delivery, participatory development, social capital formation and local development, and collective actions for ‘radical democracy’. We argue that, by focusing so heavily on ‘the local’, the see manifestations tend to underplay both local inequalities and power relations as well as national and transnational economic and political forces. Following from this, we advocate a stronger emphasis on the politics of the local, ie on the political use of ‘the local’ by hegemonic and counter-hegemonic interests.
997 citations
01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the functions and forms of governance embedded in the new state institutions and observed that the emerging state formation has a strong focus on external and internal security, with an additional emphasis on social welfare and economic development.
Abstract: Sri Lanka's civil war has created a political - territorial division between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), where LTTE is engaged in a process of state building within the areas they control. The article examines this state formation with an emphasis on the functions and forms of governance that are embedded in the new state institutions. It is observed that the emerging state formation has a strong focus on external and internal security, with an additional emphasis on social welfare and economic development. In terms of governance, the LTTE state apparatus is marked by authoritarian centralisation with few formal mechanisms for democratic representation, but there are also partnership arrangements and institutional experiments that may foster more democratic forms of representation and governance. Hence, resolving the security problem in tandem with political transformations towards democratic governance remain prime challenges for peace building in northeast Sri Lanka.
125 citations
Book•
01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: Harriss, K.Stokke and O.Tornquist as mentioned in this paper proposed a framework for the study of local strongmen in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia, which is based on the New Local Politics of Democratisation.
Abstract: Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation J.Harriss, K.Stokke & O.Tornquist Decentralisation in Indonesia: Less State, More Democracy? H.S.Nordholt Bossism and Democracy in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia: Towards an Alternative Framework for the Study of 'Local Strongmen' J.T.Sidel Can Public Deliberation Democratise State Action? Municipal Health Councils and Local Democracy in Brazil G.Schonleitner Historical Hurdles in the Course of the People's Planning Campaign in Kerala, India P.K.M.Tharakan Social Movements, Socio-Economic Rights and Substantial Democratisation in South Africa K.Stokke & S.Oldfield More Than Difficult, Short of Impossible: Party Building and Local Governance in the Philippines J.Rocamora Trade Unions, Institutional Reform and Democracy: Nigerian Experiences with South African and Ugandan Comparisons B.Beckman The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation O.Tornquist
121 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the functions and forms of governance embedded in the new state institutions and observed that the emerging state formation has a strong focus on external and internal security, with an additional emphasis on social welfare and economic development.
Abstract: Sri Lanka's civil war has created a political – territorial division between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (ltte), where ltte is engaged in a process of state building within the areas they control. The article examines this state formation with an emphasis on the functions and forms of governance that are embedded in the new state institutions. It is observed that the emerging state formation has a strong focus on external and internal security, with an additional emphasis on social welfare and economic development. In terms of governance, the ltte state apparatus is marked by authoritarian centralisation with few formal mechanisms for democratic representation, but there are also partnership arrangements and institutional experiments that may foster more democratic forms of representation and governance. Hence, resolving the security problem in tandem with political transformations towards democratic governance remain prime challenges for peace building in...
110 citations
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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the role of socio-economic rights in post-Apartheid South Africa, including the Grootboom case and the treatment of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
Abstract: Preface, 1. Introduction, Democratising Development: The Politics of Socio-Economic Rights, Peris Jones and Kristian Stokke, 2. The Politics of Economic Policy-Making: Substantive Uncertainty, Political Leverage, and Human Development, Adam Habib, 3. Labour and Politics in South Africa, Liv Torres, 4. Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Introduction, Richard Ballard, 5. Poverty, Inequality and the Social Wage: Balancing the Books in Post-Apartheid South Africa?, Julian May and Nina Hunter, 6. The Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights: The Grootboom Case, Albie Sachs, 7. Social Rights Litigation as Transformation: South African Perspectives, Siri Gloppen, 8. Shaping, Making and Breaking the Law in the Campaign for a National HIV/AIDS Treatment Plan, Mark Heywood, 9. The Treatment Action Campaign and the History of Rights-Based, Patient-Driven HIV/AIDS Activism in South Africa, Mandisa Mbali, 10. Communal Land Rights and Democracy in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Cousins and Aninka Claassens, 11. Socio-Economic Rights: Cornerstone or Capstone of Democracy?, Paul M. Graham, References, About the Contributors.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism are discussed. And the history of European ideas: Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 721-722.
13,842 citations
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01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this article, Jacobi describes the production of space poetry in the form of a poetry collection, called Imagine, Space Poetry, Copenhagen, 1996, unpaginated and unedited.
Abstract: ‘The Production of Space’, in: Frans Jacobi, Imagine, Space Poetry, Copenhagen, 1996, unpaginated.
7,238 citations
TL;DR: The institution of Citizenship in France and Germany is discussed in this article, where Citizenship as Social Closure is defined as social closure and Citizenship as Community of Descent as community of origin.
Abstract: Preface Introduction: Traditions of Nationhood in France and Germany I. The Institution of Citizenship 1. Citizenship as Social Closure 2. The French Revolution and the Invention of National Citizenship 3. State, State-System, and Citizenship in Germany II. Defining The Citizenry: The Bounds of Belonging 4. Citizenship and Naturalization in France and Germany 5. Migrants into Citizens: The Crystallization of Jus Soli in Late-Nineteenth-Century France 6. The Citizenry as Community of Descent: The Nationalization of Citizenship in Wilhelmine Germany 7. \"Etre Francais, Cela se Merite\": Immigration and the Politics of Citizenship in France in the 1980s 8. Continuities in the German Politics of Citizenship Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
2,803 citations
TL;DR: The field of collective action has been studied extensively in the last few decades as discussed by the authors, with a focus on the construction of collective actions and the process of collective identity, as well as their meaning and meaning.
Abstract: Introduction Part I. Theory of Collective Action: 1. The construction of collective action 2. Conflict and change 3. Action and meaning 4. The process of collective identity Part II. Contemporary Collective Action: 5. conflicts of culture 6. Invention of the present 7. The time of difference 8. Roots for today and for tomorrow 9. A search for ethics 10. Information, power, domination Part III. The Field of Collective Action: 11. A society without a centre 12. The political system 13. The state and the distribution of social resources 14. Modernization, crisis, and conflict: the case of Italy Part IV. Acting Collectively: 15. Mobilization and political participation 16. The organization of movements 17. Leadership in social movements 18. Collective action and discourse 19. Forms of action 20. Research on collective action.
1,731 citations