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Adesoji Abimbola - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Pressure Groups and Democratic Process in Nigeria
    Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2003
    Co-Authors: Adesoji Abimbola
    Abstract:

    This paper examines the contributions of pressure groups to Democratic Process in Nigeria. The paper attempts a conceptualization of pressure groups and democracy. It also examines the relevance of pressure groups generally as well as their attitude to and participation in the Democratic Process particularly. The specific contributions of these groups to Democratic Process as well as obstacle to their effectiveness are discussed. The paper concludes by advocating the need for the groups to have wider spread and to participate more actively in the Democratic Process, among others as ways of being more relevant in Democratic Process.

  • pressure groups and the Democratic Process in nigeria 1979 1993
    Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2002
    Co-Authors: Adesoji Abimbola
    Abstract:

    This paper examines the contribution of pressure groups to Democratic Process in Nigeria. The paper attempts a conceptualisation of pressure groups and democracy. It also examines the relevance of pressure groups generally as well as their attitude to and participation in the Democratic Process particularly. The specific contributions of these groups to Democratic Process as well as obstacle to their effectiveness are discussed. The paper concludes by advocating the need for the groups to have wider spread and to participate more actively in the Democratic Process, among others, as ways of being more relevant in Democratic Process:

Pat Devine - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • participatory planning as a deliberative Democratic Process a response to hodgson s critique
    Economy and Society, 2001
    Co-Authors: Fikret Adaman, Pat Devine
    Abstract:

    This paper is a response to Hodgson's recent critique of our model of participatory planning through negotiated co-ordination. His critique focused on four issues: the coherence of our distinction between market exchange and market forces; our understanding of tacit knowledge; the scope for innovation in our model; and the alleged problems of information overload and cognitive limitations. In this response we argue that Hodgson misinterprets our model as being based on the aggregation of individual preferences, whereas it is in fact a model of participatory planning through a Process of deliberative democracy.

Dennis F Thompson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • representing future generations political presentism and Democratic trusteeship
    Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2010
    Co-Authors: Dennis F Thompson
    Abstract:

    Democracy is prone to what may be called presentism – a bias in the laws in favor of present over future generations. I identify the characteristics of democracies that lead to presentism, and examine the reasons that make it a serious problem. Then I consider why conventional theories are not adequate to deal with it, and develop a more satisfactory alternative approach, which I call Democratic trusteeship. Present generations can represent future generations by acting as trustees of the Democratic Process. The general principle is that present generations should act to protect the Democratic Process itself over time. They should try to make sure that future citizens continue to have competent control over their collective decision‐making.

Alois Stutzer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the effects of voting costs on the Democratic Process and public finances
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015
    Co-Authors: Roland Hodler, Simon Luechinger, Alois Stutzer
    Abstract:

    Increasing the attractiveness of voting is often seen as a remedy for unequal participation and the influence of special-interest groups on public policy. However, lower voting costs may also bring less informed citizens to the poll, thereby inviting efforts to sway these voters. We substantiate this argument in a probabilistic voting model with campaign contributions. In an empirical analysis for the 26 Swiss cantons, we find that lower voting costs due to postal voting are related to higher turnout, lower average education and political knowledge of participants as well as lower government welfare expenditures and lower business taxation. (JEL D72, H25, H75, I20, I38)

Nadia Urbinati - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • political representation as a Democratic Process
    Redescriptions: Political Thought Conceptual History and Feminist Theory, 2006
    Co-Authors: Nadia Urbinati
    Abstract:

    In what follows I inquire into the conditions that make representation Democratic, or a mode of political participation that can activate a variety of forms of citizen control and oversight. I make three main claims: that representation belongs to the history and practice of democratization; that different theories of representation are possible depending on the relationship between political institutions and social configurations; and that this relationship calls attention to the role of ideology and partisanship in politics, an aspect that contemporary political theory fails to appreciate with its deep-rooted rationalist approach to Democratic deliberation. In order to give the reader the sense of my theoretical approach to political representation in Democratic society, I will dedicate some introductory reflection to outlining the broader project to which this article belongs.2 The line of argument that unifies my broader project and that constitutes the context of what follows is that representative democracy is an original form of government that is not identical with electoral democracy. This thesis questions the assumptions about immediacy and existential presence that underwrite the idea that direct democracy is the more Democratic political form and representation an expedient or second best. Building upon a critical reading of the seminal work of Hanna Pitkin and Bernard Manin, I argue that political representation is a circular Process connecting state and society (that is to say an expression of citizenship in its comprehensive sense). As such, representative democracy is neither aristocratic in