CategoriesDemocratic Theory Research By Farhad Sultani2 Comments on Does Federalism Work for Afghanistan?Does Federalism Work for Afghanistan? Posted onSeptember 30, 2023September 30, 2023 By Farhad SultaniIn countries like Afghanistan, where there are important ethnic, cultural and linguistic divergencies, a unitary system of government is always … Continue ReadingDoes Federalism Work for Afghanistan?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Resisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyondResisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond Posted onMay 11, 2023March 15, 2024 By Hans BloklandDemocracies around the world seem to lose appeal for growing numbers of citizens. Partly explaining this trend, citizens seem less … Continue ReadingResisting democratic decline: deliberation and some lessons from Germany and beyond
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Politics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of BusinessPolitics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business Posted onApril 13, 2022September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandThe interplay between Elon Musk and the social democratic government in Brandenburg, where Tesla recently opened a Giga factory, illustrates … Continue ReadingPolitics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Position of Business
Categoriesby Phillip Reissenweber Democratic Theory By Phillip ReissenweberLeave a comment on Contemptuous Encounters: How Internalised Beliefs about Work and Self-Esteem Create a System of Mutual ResentmentContemptuous Encounters: How Internalised Beliefs about Work and Self-Esteem Create a System of Mutual Resentment Posted onMarch 11, 2022September 17, 2023 By Phillip ReissenweberBringing people together can be a risky business. You invite people from different parts of the society. They might distrust … Continue ReadingContemptuous Encounters: How Internalised Beliefs about Work and Self-Esteem Create a System of Mutual Resentment
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Charles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think ClearCharles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear Posted onJune 22, 2021September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandCharles Lindblom (1917 – 2017), one of the most important political scientists of the twentieth century, published in 2000 The … Continue ReadingCharles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Urban Sociology and Tourism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy?Planning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy? Posted onJune 1, 2021September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandPolitical communities occasionally come to crossroads where fundamental, far-reaching decisions must be made. At such times, it can enhance the … Continue ReadingPlanning a future together: Could Eisenhüttenstadt use some deliberative democracy?
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Democratic Theory Social Criticism By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Loneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. LaneLoneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane Posted onApril 3, 2021September 18, 2023 By Hans BloklandTwenty years ago, the American political psychologist Robert E. Lane (1917 – 2017) published The Loss of Happiness in Market … Continue ReadingLoneliness, unhappiness, consumerism and its political consequences: observations and predictions of Robert E. Lane
Categoriesby Phillip Reissenweber Deliberation Democratic Theory Research Uncategorized By Phillip ReissenweberLeave a comment on Emotions and Political DeliberationEmotions and Political Deliberation Posted onApril 8, 2019September 17, 2023 By Phillip ReissenweberReading the title of this article might evoke pictures of people violently shouting at each other or bursting out into … Continue ReadingEmotions and Political Deliberation
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Deliberation Democratic Theory Extremism and Monism Research By Hans BloklandCountering Radicalization: What the Research on Deliberation and Radicalization Teaches us Posted onOctober 7, 2018September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandCould radicalization be prevented or reversed by bringing together those that have seemingly entered this path, with other not (yet) … Continue ReadingCountering Radicalization: What the Research on Deliberation and Radicalization Teaches us
Categoriesby Hans Blokland by Hans Blokland Civil society Deliberation Democratic Theory Uncategorized By Hans BloklandLeave a comment on Robert A. Dahl on Pluralism, Democracy and DeliberationRobert A. Dahl on Pluralism, Democracy and Deliberation Posted onJuly 19, 2018September 17, 2023 By Hans BloklandRobert Dahl (1915 – 2014) is one of the most influential political scholars of the last century. His ideas on … Continue ReadingRobert A. Dahl on Pluralism, Democracy and Deliberation
