Sökning: "local democracy process"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 55 avhandlingar innehållade orden local democracy process.

1. 1. Mot en digital demokrati? : Teknik, politik och institutionell förändring

   Författare :Joachim Åström; Ingemar Elander; Stig Montin; Harald Baldersheim; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap; Democracy; political participation; institutional change; local government; Internet; digital democracy; electronic democracy; electronic government; information society; statskunskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : New information and communication technologies are today put forward as one possible solution to the perceived problems of democracy. Seeing that the Internet enables new forms of communication and eases information gathering, one view says that the Internet will open up new participatory avenues and radically transform patterns of political participation. LÄS MER

3. 2. Co-creating democracy : Conceptualizing co-creative media to facilitate democratic engagement in society

   Författare :Montathar Faraon; Mauri Kaipainen; Robert Ramberg; Bert Mulder; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; co-creative media; democracy; concept-driven design research; socio-technical systems; consensus-seeking; internet voting; mobilization; open so; Information Society; informationssamhället;

   Sammanfattning : Internet-based information and communication technology (ICT) have increasingly been used to facilitate and support democratic engagement in society. A growing body of research has demonstrated that the Internet and, in particular, social media have given citizens the opportunity to participate, interact, network, collaborate, and mobilize themselves within communities. LÄS MER

4. 3. Designing for democracy : end-user participation in the construction of political ICTs

   Författare :Mikael Norén; Stig Arne Nohrstedt; Åke Grönlund; Anders Fagerjord; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internet; Design; Democracy; ICT; World Wide Web; Participation; Citizenship; Critical Theory; Technology; HCI; User-Centred Design; Participatory Design; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The Internet and related Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been proposed as a way to vitalise (western) political democracy, currently marked by a decline in traditional forms of participation. Even if the Internet has established itself as a potential source of power and social change, the lack of clear results for democracy has left the initially mainly optimistic research community disappointed. LÄS MER

5. 4. Challenges for the democratisation process in Tanzania : Moving towards consolidation 50 years after independence?

   Författare :Jonas Ewald; Joakim Öjendahl; Adebayo Olukoshi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; democratisation; substantive democracy; role of opposition; opposition parties; ruling party; CCM; CUF; CHADEMA; NCCR; TLP; elections; electionalism; civil society; media; trade unions; parliament; poverty reduction; economic development; interface between economic and political reforms; political change; public sector reforms; local government reforms; iron triangle; accountability; role of donors; aid; development cooperation; democratic culture; Zanzibar; Tanzania; Freds- och utvecklingsstudier; Peace and Development Studies;

   Sammanfattning : Tanzania has been independent in 2011 for 50 years. While most neighbouring states have gone through violent conflicts, Tanzania has managed to implement extensive reforms without armed political conflicts. Hence, Tanzania is an interesting case for Peace and Development research. LÄS MER

7. 5. Bridging Gaps: Sustainable Development and Local Democracy Processes

   Författare :Jenny Stenberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gap; sustainable development; abstract; four dimensions; top; bottom; successive layers of transformation; local democracy process; interplace;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relation between the notion of sustainable development and broad public participation in local decision-making local democracy processes. The empirical part of the thesis is comprised of a field investigation with the purpose of exploring the potential of the interviewed local professionals to work as transformers of the notion of sustainable development at the local level. LÄS MER