Distributed Democracy

Author : Carey Doberstein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487535889

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Distributed Democracy by Carey Doberstein Pdf

The governance of health care in Ontario has long provided opportunities for citizens and stakeholders to participate, deliberate, and influence health care policy and investment decisions. Yet, despite providing opportunities for deliberation and influence amongst citizens, we don’t know how democratic the system actually is. Distributed Democracy advances an original analytical framework to guide an investigation of democracy and accountability relationships in complex policy making environments. Applying the analytical framework in the context of health care governance in Ontario from 2004–2019, Carey Doberstein shows that the popular criticisms of health care governance in Ontario are misplaced. The democratic system of local health care governance is often plagued by severed connections among the various layers of deliberation and policy-making. An incisive analysis with considerable relevance for policy-makers and across academic disciplines, Distributed Democracy makes an important contribution to our understanding of policy development and decision-making as well as the limitations and potential of distributed democratic accountability.

Author : Ian Shapiro,Daniela Donno,Peter A. Swenson,Daniela Donno Panayides
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814740590

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Divide and Deal by Ian Shapiro,Daniela Donno,Peter A. Swenson,Daniela Donno Panayides Pdf

Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this volume explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions contribute to the often surprising twists and turns of distributive politics. The contributors hail from a range of disciplines and employ an array of methodologies to illuminate the central questions of democratic distributive politics: What explains the variety of welfare state systems, and what are their prospects for survival and change? How do religious beliefs influence people’s demand for redistribution? When does redistributive politics reflect public opinion? How can different and seemingly opposed groups successfully coalesce to push through policy changes that produce new winners and losers? The authors identify a variety of psychological and institutional factors that influence distributive outcomes. Taken together, the chapters highlight a common theme: politics matters. In seeking to understand the often puzzling contours of distribution and redistribution, we cannot ignore the processes of competition, bargaining, building, and destroying the political alliances that serve as bridges between individual preferences, institutions, and policy outcomes.

Author : Carey Doberstein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781487507251

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This is the first book-length work to analyse Ontario's Local Health Integration Networks

Author : Lee Ryan Miller
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781418401634

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Democratic Efficiency by Lee Ryan Miller Pdf

This ground-breaking book demonstrates that the decentralized decision-making processes characteristic of democracies are responsible for making them the most successful countries in the world. Part I draws upon literature from fields as diverse as economics, computer architecture, and industrial organization to demonstrate that the more equally power is distributed in society, the closer government policy comes to maximizing aggregate social welfare. It also analyzes political business cycles, economic growth rates, trade protectionism, and military spending levels throughout the world, presenting a wealth of cross-national statistical evidence in support of the theory of democratic efficiency. Part II takes a critical look at the United States Congress. It details the organization of a congressional office and provides a fascinating minute-by-minute account of a week in the life of a member of the House of Representatives. It explains why the very organization of the American political system tends to short-circuit the intentions of its participants, however noble they might be. This scope of this book is so broad, and its conclusions so sweeping, that it belongs on the reading list of courses in American politics, political theory, comparative politics, international relations, and political economy.

Author : Maureen Webb
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262542289

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Coding Democracy by Maureen Webb Pdf

Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralized democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to "build out" democracy into cyberspace.

Author : Roslyn Fuller
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110794465

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Principles of Digital Democracy by Roslyn Fuller Pdf

Drawing on almost a decade of first-hand experience, Principles of Digital Democracy presents a unique look at digital democracy tools in action. Whether it is carbon budgeting in Canada, voting on legislation in Italy or policy consultation in Taiwan, this book explains not just what is possible to achieve with digital democracy tools today, but how to assess the life-cycle of civic engagement, as well as different approaches to security and policy implementation. Principles of Digital Democracy combines theory with practice, giving the reader an overarching theory of the components (Bestandteile) of digital democracy (e.g. ideation, deliberation, decision-making), as well as numerous case studies from around the world. Interviews with organizers and participants provide further insight into who participates in digital democracy and why they do so.

Author : David Kahane,Daniel Weinstock,Dominique Leydet,Melissa Williams
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774859080

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Deliberative Democracy in Practice by David Kahane,Daniel Weinstock,Dominique Leydet,Melissa Williams Pdf

Deliberative democracy is a dominant paradigm in normative political philosophy. Deliberative democrats want politics to be more than a clash of contending interests, and they believe political decisions should emerge from reasoned dialogue among citizens. But can these ideals be realized in complex and unjust societies? This book brings together leading scholars who explore debates in deliberative democratic theory in four areas of practice: education, constitutions and state boundaries, indigenous-settler relations, and citizen participation and public consultation. This dynamic volume casts new light on the strengths and limitations of deliberative democratic theory, offering guidance to policy makers and to students and scholars interested in democratic justice.

Author : Jacqueline Behrend,Laurence Whitehead
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421419589

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Illiberal Practices by Jacqueline Behrend,Laurence Whitehead Pdf

What drives the uneven distribution of democratic practices at the subnational level? Within subunits of a democratic federation, lasting political practices that restrict choice, limit debate, and exclude or distort democratic participation have been analyzed in recent scholarship as subnational authoritarianism. Once a critical number of citizens or regions band together in these practices, they can leverage illiberal efforts at the federal level. This timely, data-driven book compares federations that underwent transitions in the first, second, and third waves of democratization and offers a substantial expansion of the concept of subnational authoritarianism. The eleven expert political scientists featured in this text examine the nature and scope of subnational democratic variations within six large federations, including the United States, India, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Russia. Illiberal Practices makes the case that subnational units are more likely to operate by means of illiberal structures and practices than as fully authoritarian regimes. Detailed case studies examine uneven levels of citizenship in each federal system. These are distributed unequally across the different regions of the country and display semi-democratic or hybrid characteristics. Appropriate for scholars and students of democratization, authoritarianism, federalism, decentralization, and comparative politics, Illiberal Practices sheds light on the uneven extension of democracy within countries that have already democratized. Contributors: Jacqueline Behrend, André Borges, Julián Durazo Herrmann, Carlos Gervasoni, Edward L. Gibson, Desmond King, Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Celina Souza, Maya Tudor, Laurence Whitehead, Adam Ziegfeld

Author : Thad Williamson,David Imbroscio,Gar Alperovitz
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415947413

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Making a Place for Community by Thad Williamson,David Imbroscio,Gar Alperovitz Pdf

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Benjamin J. Hurlbut
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780231542913

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Experiments in Democracy by Benjamin J. Hurlbut Pdf

Human embryo research touches upon strongly felt moral convictions, and it raises such deep questions about the promise and perils of scientific progress that debate over its development has become a moral and political imperative. From in vitro fertilization to embryonic stem cell research, cloning, and gene editing, Americans have repeatedly struggled with how to define the moral status of the human embryo, whether to limit its experimental uses, and how to contend with sharply divided public moral perspectives on governing science. Experiments in Democracy presents a history of American debates over human embryo research from the late 1960s to the present, exploring their crucial role in shaping norms, practices, and institutions of deliberation governing the ethical challenges of modern bioscience. J. Benjamin Hurlbut details how scientists, bioethicists, policymakers, and other public figures have attempted to answer a question of great consequence: how should the public reason about aspects of science and technology that effect fundamental dimensions of human life? Through a study of one of the most significant science policy controversies in the history of the United States, Experiments in Democracy paints a portrait of the complex relationship between science and democracy, and of U.S. society's evolving approaches to evaluating and governing science's most challenging breakthroughs.

Author : Amy Gutmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691217956

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Democracy and the Welfare State by Amy Gutmann Pdf

The essays in this volume explore the moral foundations and the political prospects of the welfare state in the United States. Among the questions addressed are the following: Has public support for the welfare state faded? Can a democratic state provide welfare without producing dependency on welfare? Is a capitalist (or socialist) economy consistent with the preservation of equal liberty and equal opportunity for all citizens? Why and in what ways does the welfare state discriminate against women? Can we justify limiting immigration for the sake of safeguarding the welfare of Americans? How can elementary and secondary education be distributed consistently with democratic values? The volume confronts powerful criticisms that have been leveled against the welfare state by conservatives, liberals, and radicals and suggests reforms in welfare state programs that might meet these criticisms. The contributors are Joseph H. Carens, Jon Elster, Robert K. Fullinwider, Amy Gutmann, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Stanley Kelley, Jr., Richard Krouse, Michael McPherson, J. Donald Moon, Carole Pateman, Dennis Thompson, and Michael Walzer.

Author : Ross Zucker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521533554

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Democratic Distributive Justice by Ross Zucker Pdf

Explains how democratic countries with market systems should deal with high levels of income-inequality.

Author : Tatu Vanhanen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132260337

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The Limits of Democratization by Tatu Vanhanen Pdf

Author : David K. Stewart,Keith Archer
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0774807911

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Quasi-Democracy? by David K. Stewart,Keith Archer Pdf

Based primarily on mail surveys of voters, political scientists Stewart (U. of Alberta) and Archer (U. of Calgary) took the opportunity of the 1992 Progressive Conservative, the 1994 NDP, and the 1994 Liberal leadership elections to observe the internal workings of Canadian political parties and the people who stand between the politicians and the electorate. Their study comes in the midst of intense criticism of the delegate conventions that most parties had used to choose leaders, and the shift to a form of universal balloting that allows all party members to vote directly for their leader. Canadian card order number: C00-910498-4. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Tatu Vanhanen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134366989

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Democratization by Tatu Vanhanen Pdf

This book examines the relationship between indicators of resource distribution and democratization in the group of 170 countries with data ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Vanhanen constructs a compelling argument, concluding that the emergence of democracy is closely linked to resource distribution.