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Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
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This article is published in Review of Metaphysics.The article was published on 1997-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2568 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Democracy.read more
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Education for Sustainable Development: A Systemic Framework for Connecting the SDGs to Educational Outcomes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a framework that redefines education for sustainable development (ESD) as a tool that can deliver the transformation required for society to reach a sustainable state.
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Analyzing online political discussion using three models of democratic communication
TL;DR: A new framework for evaluating online political forums is introduced that addresses the shortcomings of prior approaches by identifying three distinct, overlapping models of democracy that forums may manifest: the liberal, the communitarian and the deliberative democratic.
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Participatory and appreciative action and reflection (PAAR) – democratizing reflective practices
Tony Ghaye,Anita Melander-Wikman,Mosi Kisare,Philip Chambers,Ulrika Bergmark,Catrine Kostenius,Sue Lillyman +6 more
TL;DR: A new approach to reflecting and acting called participatory and appreciative action and reflection (PAAR) as discussed by the authors explores its potential to enable individuals and groups to move forward, to improve their working practices and lives in particular communities and contexts.
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Can Informed Public Deliberation Overcome Clientelism? Experimental Evidence from Benin
TL;DR: The authors provided experimental evidence on the effect of "informed" town hall meetings on electoral support for programmatic, non-clientelist platforms and found that the treatment has a positive effect on self-perceived knowledge about policies and candidates.
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Claiming Rights across Borders: International Human Rights and Democratic Sovereignty
TL;DR: The status of international law and transnational legal agreements with respect to the sovereignty claims of liberal democracies has become a highly contentious theoretical and political issue as discussed by the authors, and there is increasing reticence on the part of many that prospects of a world constitution are neither desirable nor salutary.
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TL;DR: In this comprehensive social theory of the Internet and the networked information economy, Benkler describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing--and shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people can create and express themselves.
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Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a framework for understanding the range of institutional possibilities for public participation, including who participates, how participants communicate with one another and make decisions together, and how discussions are linked with policy or public action.
Deliberative democracy or agonistic pluralism
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the current debate about the nature of democracy and discuss the main theses of the approach called "deliberative democracy" in its two main versions, the one put forward by John Rawls, and the other one put forth by Jurgen Habermas.
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The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance
TL;DR: Public diplomacy, as the diplomacy of the public, not of the government, intervenes in this global public sphere, laying the ground for traditional forms of diplomacy to act beyond the strict negotiation of power relationships by building on shared... as mentioned in this paper.
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Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism
TL;DR: Tweets and the Streets as mentioned in this paper examines the relationship between the rise of social media and the emergence of new forms of protest, arguing that activists' use of Twitter and Facebook does not fit with the image of a "cyberspace" detached from physical reality.
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