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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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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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Democracy, Law, and Comparative Politics
TL;DR: In this article, a revision of democratic theory in light of the experience of recently democratized countries, located outside of the northwestern quadrant of the world, is presented, and the main underlying theme that runs through this article is the concept of agency, especially as it is expressed in the legal system of existing democracies.
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Planning and Foucault: In Search of the Dark Side of Planning Theory
TL;DR: The authors argue that the use of the communicative theory of Jurgen Habermas in planning theory is problematic, because it hampers an understanding of how power shapes planning.
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NORMATIVE AND INSTRUMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Citizen Summits in Washington, D.C.
TL;DR: A normative literature in political science and public administration calls for enhanced citizen partici- pation in public decisions, but this approach overlooks the environment that shapes administra- tive behavior, an oversight likely to hamper reform efforts targeted at achieving the normative goals of participation.
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Symmetrical Communication: Excellent Public Relations or a Strategy for Hegemony?
TL;DR: The authors examines the process of symmetrical communication, as described by J E Grunig, through the critical lens of the concept of hegemony, and questions the ethics of a process that is often one of compromise to deflect criticism and maintain power relations rather than one of open, collaborative negotiation.
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Setting Standards for Restorative Justice
TL;DR: In this article, three types of restorative justice standards are articulated: limiting, maximizing, and enabling standards, which define ways of securing the republican freedom (dominion) of citizens through repair, transformation, empowerment with others and limiting the exercise of power over others.
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