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Pamela Waldronmoore - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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eastern europe at the crossroads of Democratic transition evaluating support for Democratic institutions satisfaction with Democratic Government and consolidation of Democratic regimes
Comparative Political Studies, 1999Co-Authors: Pamela WaldronmooreAbstract:Research on Eastern European attitudes toward democracy has not comprehensively examined the economic, social, and political origins of support for and satisfaction with democracy and what these portend for Democratic consolidation in Eastern Europe. Differentiating origins of mass support and satisfaction clarify whether ordinary citizens perceive democracy as a normatively correct, legitimate process of making collective and binding decisions or merely as a means to achieving efficiency and distributive justice. Multivariate analysis revealed that whereas social, economic, and psychological factors influence support, only economic evaluations predict satisfaction. This identifies support for democracy in Eastern Europe as emanating more from a recognition of the moral worth of the process than from a calculus about its benefits. However, the study reveals that dissatisfaction with Democratic Government abounds and may affect support. This challenges optimism for speedy consolidation, showing Eastern Eur...
Steven Wall - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Democracy and Equality
The Philosophical Quarterly, 2007Co-Authors: Steven WallAbstract:Many writers claim that Democratic Government rests on a principled commitment to the ideal of political equality. The ideal of political equality holds that political institutions ought to be arranged so that they distribute political standing equally to all citizens. I reject this common view. I argue that the ideal of political equality, under its most plausible characterizations, lacks independent justificatory force. By casting doubt on the ideal of political equality, I provide indirect support for the claim that Democratic Government is only instrumentally justified.
Johan P Olsen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Democratic Government institutional autonomy and the dynamics of change
Reencuentro, 2010Co-Authors: Johan P OlsenAbstract:Against the backdrop of decades of public sector reforms in Europe, this essay aims to make sense of the processes through which institutions, Democratic Government included, achieve and lose autonomy or primacy and why it is difficult to find a state of equilibrium between Democratic Government and institutional autonomy. The analytical value of ‘autonomy’ as detachment-from-politics and the apolitical dynamics of change assumed by NPM reformers are challenged. In contrast, the interplay between Democratic Government and institutional autonomy is interpreted as an artifact of partly de-coupled inter-institutional processes involving struggle for power and status among interdependent and co-evolving institutions that are carriers of competing yet legitimate values, interests and behavioral logics. The problem of finding a stable equilibrium between Democratic Government, autonomous agencies and non-majoritarian institutions, is illustrated by the cases of public administration and the public university. This article has later been published in West European Politics Vol.32, No.3, pp.439-465
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Democratic Government institutional autonomy and the dynamics of change
Reencuentro, 2010Co-Authors: Johan P OlsenAbstract:En el contexto de decadas de reformas del sector publico en Europa, este ensayo pretende dar sentido a los procesos a traves del cual instituciones, incluido el gobierno Democratico, logra y pierde autonomia o primacia y por que es dificil encontrar un estado de equilibrio entre el gobierno Democratico y la autonomia institucional. El valor analitico de "autonomia" como desprendimiento-de lapolitica y la dinamica del cambio apolitico asumido por los reformadores npm se impugnan. En contraste, la interaccion entre el gobierno Democratico y la autonomia institucional se interpreta como un aparato de los procesos de acoplamiento interinstitucional entre la lucha por el poder y estatus de las instituciones. El problema de encontrar un equilibrio estable entre el gobierno Democratico, los organismos autonomos y las instituciones no mayoritarias, se ilustra con el caso del uso publico de la administracion y la universidad publica
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Democratic Government institutional autonomy and the dynamics of change
West European Politics, 2009Co-Authors: Johan P OlsenAbstract:Against the backdrop of decades of public sector reforms in Europe, this essay aims to make sense of the processes through which institutions, Democratic Government included, achieve and lose autonomy or primacy and why it is difficult to find a state of equilibrium between Democratic Government and institutional autonomy. The analytical value of ‘autonomy’ as detachment-from-politics and the apolitical dynamics of change assumed by NPM reformers are challenged. In contrast, the interplay between Democratic Government and institutional autonomy is interpreted as an artefact of partly de-coupled inter-institutional processes involving struggle for power and status among interdependent and co-evolving institutions that are carriers of competing yet legitimate values, interests and behavioural logics. The problem of finding a stable equilibrium between Democratic Government, autonomous agencies and non-majoritarian institutions is illustrated by the cases of public administration and the public university.
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change and continuity an institutional approach to institutions of Democratic Government
European Political Science Review, 2009Co-Authors: Johan P OlsenAbstract:While it is commonplace to argue that political institutions are a source of inertia and resistance to change and that the New Institutionalism is unable to explain change, this paper takes the opposite view. First, the problem of change is reformulated and it is observed that institutions have a role in generating both order and change and in balancing the two. Second, the concepts of institution and institutionalization are elaborated. Third, institutional sources of change and continuity are explored. Fourth, some implications for how Democratic change and order can be conceived are spelled out, and, finally, some future challenges are suggested. This article has later been published in European Political Science Review (2009), 1 : 3-32
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Change and continuity: an institutional approach to institutions of Democratic Government
European Political Science Review, 2009Co-Authors: Johan P OlsenAbstract:While it is commonplace to argue that political institutions are a source of inertia and resistance to change and the New Institutionalism is unable to explain change, this paper takes the opposite view.First, the problem of change is reformulated and it is observed that institutions have a role in generating both order and change and in balancing the two.Second, the concepts of institution and institutionalization are elaborated.Third, institutional sources of change and continuity are explored.Fourth, some implications for how Democratic change and order can be conceived are spelled out, and,finally, some future challenges are suggested.
Claire Callejon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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study on the right to equal participation in public affairs in western europe analysis of legislation jurisprudence and practice
Droits Fondamentaux, 2019Co-Authors: Olivier De Frouville, Claire CallejonAbstract:Introduction The right to equal participation in publics affairs provided in Article 25 of the ICCPR is closely linked to the idea of democracy. As stated by the Human Rights Committee in General Comment No. 25, it “lies at the core of Democratic Government based on the consent of the people...
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Study on the Right to Equal Participation in Public Affairs in Western Europe – Analysis of legislation, jurisprudence and practice
2019Co-Authors: Olivier De Frouville, Claire CallejonAbstract:Introduction The right to equal participation in publics affairs provided in Article 25 of the ICCPR is closely linked to the idea of democracy. As stated by the Human Rights Committee in General Comment No. 25, it “lies at the core of Democratic Government based on the consent of the people...
Hans Jochen Scholl - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Five trends that matter: Challenges to 21st century electronic Government
Information polity, 2012Co-Authors: Hans Jochen SchollAbstract:Democratic Government of the 21st century is believed to head towards more agility, leanness, responsiveness, accessibility, openness, and participation than its predecessors in the 20th century. However, at the same time Democratic Government has to cope with new challenges and trends, which are unprecedented in their potential impacts positive and negative on society at large. These challenges are intertwined and interact. The article discusses the interacting challenges of market regulations and deregulations, the third industrial revolution, sustainable levels of Government spending and debt financing, the evolution of smart Government, and the emergence of new models of participation. Information and communication technologies seemingly play a pivotal role in enabling the emerging shape of 21st century Democratic Government. They also appear to be instrumental in addressing and coping with the new challenges and trends. Consequently, electronic Government research needs to fully engage in studying these complex phenomena and help both theory and practice understand the choices and potential outcomes.