"In the face of increasing political disenchantment, many Western governments have experimented, with innovations which aim to enhance the working and quality of democracy as well as increasing citizens’ political awareness and understanding of political matters. This text is the most comprehensive account of these various democratic innovations. Written by an outstanding team of international experts it examines the theories behind th ..."
"In the face of increasing political disenchantment, many Western governments have experimented, with innovations which aim to enhance the working and quality of democracy as well as increasing citizens’ political awareness and understanding of political matters. This text is the most comprehensive account of these various democratic innovations. Written by an outstanding team of international experts it examines the theories behind th ..."
"... Clare Dekker did a great deal of proofreading and editing work on the chapters
in the book for which we are very grateful. Last, the contributors to this volume
have been most patient in supplying their chapters, re-writing them, and waiting
for the whole process of production to be wound up with all its unavoidable
delays. Ken Newton and Brigitte Geissel are especially grateful to the WZB for its
hospitality while Ken has been ..."
"From small-scale experiments, deliberative mini-publics have recently taken a constitutional turn in Europe. Iceland and Ireland have turned to deliberative democracy to reform their constitutions. Estonia, Luxembourg and Romania have also experienced constitutional process in a deliberative mode. In Belgium the G1000, a citizen-led initiative of deliberative democracy, has fostered a wider societal debate about the role and place of ci ..."
"... Clare Dekker did a great deal of proofreading and editing work on the chapters
in the book for which we are very grateful. Last, the contributors to this volume
have been most patient in supplying their chapters, re-writing them, and waiting
for the whole process of production to be wound up with all its unavoidable
delays. Ken Newton and Brigitte Geissel are especially grateful to the WZB for its
hospitality while Ken has been ..."
"Representative democracy is often seen as a stable institutional system unsusceptible to change. However, the preferences of the broad public are changing, and representative, group-based democracy has lost importance. This development has made it necessary to change established ways of decision making and to introduce participatory democratic innovations. Many national and sub-national governments have followed this route and have imp ..."
Brüche. Geschlecht. Gesellschaft.(1st Edition) Gender Studies zwischen Ost und West. Gender-Kolleg der Universität Wien. [Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur] / Materialien zur Förderung von Frauen in der Wissenschaft - Band 16. by Irina Scherbakova, Birgit Sauer, BrigitteGeissel, Alice Pechriggl, Marlene Bidwell-Steiner Hardcover, 383 Pages, Published 2003 by Bundesministerium F. Wissensch., Forsch. U. Wirtsch. ISBN-13: 978-3-85224-110-4, ISBN: 3-85224-110-3
"Dieses Buch zeichnet eine wissenschaftliche Biografie nach und reflektiert so die Entwicklung der gendersensiblen Politikwissenschaft: Die Herkunft aus der Kritischen Theorie mit der sichtbaren Rückbindung an deren Paradigmen, die ..."