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‘State Bureaucrats’ and ‘Those NGO People’: Promoting the idea of civil society, hindering the state
(2016)
Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka, Elzbieta
‘State Bureaucrats’ and ‘Those NGO People’: Promoting the idea of civil society, hindering the state
(2016)
Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka, Elzbieta
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One of the characteristics of Polish foreign aid is its focus on the ‘transition experience’ and civil society. This specific celebration of the ‘Polish success story’ contrasts sharply with public debates that frequently criticise the weaknesses of Polish civil society and the difficulties in state – non-state relations. The Polish Aid apparatus itself is not immune to these problems, often exhibiting antagonistic relations between NGOs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. By looking at the relations linking these stakeholders this text aims to analyse relations between the ‘state’ and ‘civil society’ in Poland. As the text demonstrates, complicated contemporary relations between NGOs and the State are first the outcome of the country’s troubled history of civil society, and an inheritance of the Solidarity movement when the concept of civil society was built on the idea of opposition to the state. Second, the anti-state attitude characterising contemporary organisations was also f...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/11169/
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As the world turned upside down: Left intellectuals in Yugoslavia, 1988–90
(2017)
Sheehan, Helena
As the world turned upside down: Left intellectuals in Yugoslavia, 1988–90
(2017)
Sheehan, Helena
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For decades, we had staked out various positions on “actually existing socialism,” a debate where sometimes static arguments on both right and left were ritually reenacted. Now the process was going off the rails in an unknown direction. A tired tale was transmuting into a thriller.
http://doras.dcu.ie/22347/
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Associations, deliberation and democracy: the case of Ireland's social partnership
(2011)
Gaynor, Niamh
Associations, deliberation and democracy: the case of Ireland's social partnership
(2011)
Gaynor, Niamh
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Over the past two decades there has been a burgeoning interest and research into experiments and innovations in participatory governance. While advocates highlight the merits of such new governance arrangements in moving beyond traditional interest group representations and deepening democracy through deliberation with a broad range of civic associations, critics express concern about the political legitimacy and democratic accountability of participating associations, highlighting in particular the dangers of co-option and faction. Addressing these concerns, a number of theorists identify an important role for civic associations in linking deliberations at micro policy levels to those within the public sphere more broadly. These normative contributions raise an important empirical question—does civic associational engagement at micro levels leave scope to engage both laterally across associations and vertically with members and citizens more broadly? More simply put, is civic assoc...
http://doras.dcu.ie/23935/
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Children as crowbar? Justifying censorship on the grounds of child protection
(2020)
Staksrud, Elisabeth; Olafsson, Kjartan; Milosevic, Tijana
Children as crowbar? Justifying censorship on the grounds of child protection
(2020)
Staksrud, Elisabeth; Olafsson, Kjartan; Milosevic, Tijana
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This article studies how possible it is to use the need to protect vulnerable populations, such as children, as a justification to limit freedom of expression in democratic societies. The research was designed and conducted based on the idea that the regulation of speech and access to content is not only a matter of law and legislative interpretations, but also a question of social norms and values. The study is based on two surveys, one implemented with a representative sample of Norwegians aged 15 and older, the other with a sample of journalists. The results show that for the general population sample, 76% of respondents agreed that the protection of weak groups, such as children, is more important than freedom of expression. The data analysis also shows that gender, education, religious affiliation, trust in media and fear of a terrorist attack are all linked to the likelihood of agreeing with this statement. Women are 66% more likely than men to be in favour of limiting freedom...
http://doras.dcu.ie/25274/
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Citizenship, hybridity and the post-colonial state in India.
(2019)
Mitra, Subrata K.; Schottli, Jivanta; Pauli, Markus
Citizenship, hybridity and the post-colonial state in India.
(2019)
Mitra, Subrata K.; Schottli, Jivanta; Pauli, Markus
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Citizenship plays an essential role in the evolution of states. Concepts of citizenship have 'flown' from Roman and Greek antiquity to the modern, liberal and democratic European idea of citizenship. We analyse the dynamic nature of citizenship, both as an idea and in practice. We argue that stakeholders constantly reimagine and renegotiate citizenship. Memory, visualisation and social construction play an essential role. This perspective opens up space for a new theory of citizenship to emerge. One yielded not merely from the experience of the older, liberal democracies, but also that of younger, post-colonial states. The transcultural lens of hybridity extends the discussion beyond the narrow notion of the nation-state. We discuss and propose the notion of hybridity as a heuristic device. And we assess the following givens and problems in 'mainstream' political theories of citizenship. (1) The inherent linearity of the historical narrative underpinning the sto...
http://doras.dcu.ie/24391/
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Civil society, democracy promotion and Islamism on the southern shores of the Mediterranean
(2008)
Cavatorta, Francesco
Civil society, democracy promotion and Islamism on the southern shores of the Mediterranean
(2008)
Cavatorta, Francesco
http://doras.dcu.ie/480/
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Co-opting civil activism in Iran
(2012)
Rivetti, Paola
Co-opting civil activism in Iran
(2012)
Rivetti, Paola
http://doras.dcu.ie/23179/
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Community radio, democratic participation and the public sphere
(2017)
Gaynor, Niamh; O'Brien, Anne
Community radio, democratic participation and the public sphere
(2017)
Gaynor, Niamh; O'Brien, Anne
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Community radio is unique when compared to its commercial and public service counterparts in that, as a non-profit activity, it is owned, managed and controlled by local communities, In theory therefore, community radio offers the potential for more broad-based participation in deliberation and debate within the public sphere engaging multiple voices and perspectives and contributing towards progressive social change. Drawing on a study of four community radio stations in Ireland within a framework drawn from the evolving work of Habermas and associated deliberative, social and media theorists, in this article we examine the extent to which this is the case in practice. We find that democratic participation is still not optimised within the four stations studied. We argue that the reasons for this lie in four main areas: a somewhat limited policy framework; a focus within training programmes on technical competencies over content; the weakness of linkages between stations and their ...
http://doras.dcu.ie/25511/
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Comparative politics and quasi-rational markets
(2016)
McMenamin, Iain; Breen, Michael; Muñoz-Portillo, Juan
Comparative politics and quasi-rational markets
(2016)
McMenamin, Iain; Breen, Michael; Muñoz-Portillo, Juan
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This article synthesises psychology, economics and political science theories that can explain market reaction to elections. In order to test the theories, we conduct event studies of the impact of elections on the interest rates on government bonds for 122 elections in 19 countries. The efficient market hypothesis states that rational markets immediately incorporate all information relevant to asset prices. According to psychology, human decision-making is quasi-rational. Market actors should be slow to accept evidence that conflicts with previously held opinions, leading them to under-react to new information. We show that markets under-react to elections and that under-reaction is greater in majoritarian countries because they provide more information to the market. Assuming fully rational markets underestimates the impact of elections and variations in impact across political systems. Most of the literature on market constraint assumes rational markets and may thus be underestim...
http://doras.dcu.ie/22102/
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Crisis elections and the primacy of policy: explaining media framing of election coverage
(2012)
O'Malley, Eoin; Brandenburg, Heinz; Flynn, Roddy; McMenamin, Iain; Rafter, Kevin
Crisis elections and the primacy of policy: explaining media framing of election coverage
(2012)
O'Malley, Eoin; Brandenburg, Heinz; Flynn, Roddy; McMenamin, Iain; Rafter, Kevin
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Media coverage of elections in Europe and North America has increasingly tended to focus on the horse-race and the campaign as a game rather than the policy debate pertinent to the election. This is often explained by the changes in media pressures. It may also make sense given the narrowing of policy space between left and right and the comparative prosperity enjoyed in Europe and North America. But the relevance of politics varies. The economic crisis in the west might have led to an increased interest in policy among voters and focus on it by media. Ireland experienced both extremes of boom and crisis between the late 1990s and 2011. The Irish case allows us use a quasi-experimental approach to test the impact of crisis on media framing of elections. This article uses original data from Ireland’s last three elections, and with a design that shows when other pertinent variables are held constant, we find empirical support for the theoretical expectation that the context of the ele...
http://doras.dcu.ie/17548/
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Democracy and secularism in Iran: lessons for the Arab Spring?
(2013)
Rivetti, Paola
Democracy and secularism in Iran: lessons for the Arab Spring?
(2013)
Rivetti, Paola
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The Iranian 2009 massive anti-regime protests in the wake of the contested presidential elections and the Arab Spring have taken the scholars of Middle Eastern Studies and the international community by surprise. It seems that, despite the very diverse outcomes of the uprisings in Iran and across the Arab world, Middle Eastern societies are in the very middle of what has been called an ‘unfinished revolution’ (Sakbani 2011). Despite the confusion that affected the academic community following the surprising events of the past few years, a great amount of studies have been produced in order to identify the roots and make sense of the uprisings. For the most part, however, explanations for the events refer to and are based on well-known theoretical debates and paradigms. In the case of the Arab world, the fall of long-standing authoritarian regimes has revived scholarly interest for the transition to democracy paradigm, whereas studies on the resilience of authoritarian regimes are no...
http://doras.dcu.ie/23166/
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Determinants of regime survival in Africa
(2009)
Seifu, Michael
Determinants of regime survival in Africa
(2009)
Seifu, Michael
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Political instability has arguably been the most important factor that defined the African political landscape for the past five post-independence decades. Few countries in the region were immune from the costly conflicts that afflicted the region. It is perhaps no surprise then that a growing volume of literature on African political economy chose to explain the lacklustre economic performance of the countries in terms of absence of political stability. However, studies generally tend to downplay the diversities in the political economy trajectories of the different countries in the region. By highlighting one such cross-country variation, this study analyses the determinants of regime survival in Africa. More specifically, we apply survival analysis techniques to identify the institutional features behind observed differences in regime survival. We find that colonial legacy as well as level of income is important determinants of the hazard rates for regime survival in Africa.
http://doras.dcu.ie/15061/
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Divided we stand? The heterogeneous political identities of Iran’s 2009-2010 uprisings
(2016)
Holliday, Shabnam; Rivetti, Paola
Divided we stand? The heterogeneous political identities of Iran’s 2009-2010 uprisings
(2016)
Holliday, Shabnam; Rivetti, Paola
http://doras.dcu.ie/23178/
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Educating Beyond Cultural Diversity: Redrawing the Boundaries of a Democratic Plurality
(2011)
Todd, Sharon
Educating Beyond Cultural Diversity: Redrawing the Boundaries of a Democratic Plurality
(2011)
Todd, Sharon
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In this paper I draw some distinctions between the terms ‘‘cultural diversity’’ and ‘‘plurality’’ and argue that a radical conception of plurality is needed in order both to reimagine the boundaries of democratic education and to address more fully the political aspects of conflict that plurality gives rise to. This paper begins with a brief exploration of the usages of the term diversity in European documents that promote intercultural education as a democratic vehicle for overcoming social conflict between different cultural groups. In contradistinction to these usages, this paper calls for a more robust conception of plurality, one that does not simply denote membership in different cultural groupings but is rooted in the human condition and based on a conception of uniqueness. Following the work of Hannah Arendt and feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero, I explore how the appearance of unique beings in specific contexts can be understood as an eminently political act and I conte...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8546/
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Ireland’s existential crisis: a contrary view
(2010)
O'Brennan, John
Ireland’s existential crisis: a contrary view
(2010)
O'Brennan, John
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Ireland’s acceptance of international financial aid to its stricken finance sector is widely seen in the country as a shameful loss of sovereignty and the prelude to years of austerity. But there is too much hyperbole amid the gloom: Ireland is down, but most definitely not out.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/2879/
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Living in a Dissonant World: Toward an Agonistic Cosmopolitics for Education
(2010)
Todd, Sharon
Living in a Dissonant World: Toward an Agonistic Cosmopolitics for Education
(2010)
Todd, Sharon
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As a flashpoint for specific instances of conflict, Muslim sartorial practices have at times been seen as being antagonistic to ‘‘western’’ ideas of gender equality, secularity, and communicative practices. In light of this, I seek to highlight the ways in which such moments of antagonism actually might be understood on ‘‘cosmopolitical’’ terms, that is, through a framework informed by a critical and political approach to cosmopolitanism itself. Thus, through an ‘‘agonistic cosmopolitics’’ I here argue for a more robust political understanding of what a cosmopolitan orientation to cultural difference can offer education. The paper moves from a focus on harmony to agonism and from cosmopolitanism to the cosmopolitical, and within each I discuss the questions of democracy and universality, respectively. Drawing on, the work of Chantal Mouffe, Judith Butler and Bonnie Honig, I discuss the basis upon which our agonistic interactions can inform education in promoting better ways of livin...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8549/
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Political Islam in Morocco: negotiating the Kingdom’s liberal space
(2011)
Dalmasso, Emanuela; Cavatorta, Francesco
Political Islam in Morocco: negotiating the Kingdom’s liberal space
(2011)
Dalmasso, Emanuela; Cavatorta, Francesco
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The uprisings of the Arab spring have highlighted the weakness of traditional opposition actors which have been unable to predict and lead the revolutions. This paper, focusing on the case of Morocco, examines how the discourses and practices of the regime shaped the complex field of Political Islam, contributing to two distinct but interlinked phenomena. On the one hand, they have managed to lead Islamists and seculars to overcome many of their previous divisions to sustain common battles in the name of democracy and human rights. On the other they have deepened rifts and divisions among Islamists themselves on the crucial issue of political reforms.
http://doras.dcu.ie/16713/
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Politics in South Asia: culture, rationality and conceptual flow - introduction.
(2016)
Wolf, Siegfried O.; Schottli, Jivanta; Frommherz, Dominik; Fürstenberg, Kai; Gallenkam...
Politics in South Asia: culture, rationality and conceptual flow - introduction.
(2016)
Wolf, Siegfried O.; Schottli, Jivanta; Frommherz, Dominik; Fürstenberg, Kai; Gallenkamp, Marian; König, Lionel; Pauli, Markus
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This book has been compiled to celebrate the work of Professor Subrata K. Mitra whose scholarship includes a wide spectrum of research topics, writings, and teaching on South Asian politics. Following his early years at Ravenshaw College in Cuttack, Orissa (now Odisha) where he read for a B.A. (honours) in Political Science (1969), he subsequently did his MA in Political Science from Delhi University (1971). Mitra was amongst the first candidates to acquire an M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi (1972). Growing up in the extraordinarily dynamic environment of post-independence India where processes of state and nation building were palpable had a deep impact on his academic outlook and interests. This was a period when the foundations of modern Indian politics were being both strengthened and contested, laying the basis for a functional political and administrative system, and a deepening, multiparty democracy.
http://doras.dcu.ie/24392/
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Reforming the family code in Tunisia and Morocco - the struggle between religion, globalisation and democracy
(2010)
Dalmasso, Emanuela; Cavatorta, Francesco
Reforming the family code in Tunisia and Morocco - the struggle between religion, globalisation and democracy
(2010)
Dalmasso, Emanuela; Cavatorta, Francesco
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There is no doubt that one of the most contentious terrains of contestation in the supposed clash of values between Islamism and western values is the role of women in society. Thus, the issue of women's rights has become the litmus test for Arab societies with respect to the current zeitgeist of human rights in the age of democracy and liberalism. There is today a stereotypical view of debates surrounding women's rights in the Arab world where two distinct camps are in conflict with each other. On the one hand there are 'globalised' liberal and secular actors that strive for women's rights and therefore democracy, while on the other are obscurantist movements that are anchored in religious tradition, resist globalisation and are therefore autocratic by assumption. This article challenges this view and through an empirical study of the changes to the Code of Personal Status in Tunisia and Morocco it demonstrates that the issue of women's rights is far m...
http://doras.dcu.ie/15733/
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Reinventando la rivoluzione. La tradizione Khomeiniste e il dibattito sulla democrazia in Iran.
(2009)
Rivetti, Paola
Reinventando la rivoluzione. La tradizione Khomeiniste e il dibattito sulla democrazia in Iran.
(2009)
Rivetti, Paola
http://doras.dcu.ie/23184/
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Review: Donatella della Porta. Can Democracy be Saved? Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements. Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity, 2013. $69.95 hardcover / $24.95 paperback
(2014)
Cox, Laurence
Review: Donatella della Porta. Can Democracy be Saved? Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements. Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity, 2013. $69.95 hardcover / $24.95 paperback
(2014)
Cox, Laurence
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Can Democracy be Saved? is two books in one, and carries off the trick impressively. The first book is a textbook of models of democracy – liberal, participatory, deliberative, electronic, global. As with comparable textbooks, it is essentially a typology, organised around the different adjectives which enable the all-purpose “democracy” to acquire concrete meaning. The second book is an account of how social movements practice democracy – both internally and in their pressure for wider political and social democratisation.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/5722/
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Semi-presidentialism and democratic performance
(2008)
Elgie, Robert; McMenamin, Iain
Semi-presidentialism and democratic performance
(2008)
Elgie, Robert; McMenamin, Iain
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There is a long-standing and widespread consensus that semi-presidentialism is bad for democratic performance. This article examines whether there is empirical evidence to support the arguments against semi-presidentialism. Examining countries that incompletely consolidated and yet not autocratic, we identify the relationship between democratic performance and the three main arguments against semi-presidentialism – the strength of the presidency, cohabitation and divided minority government. We find that there is a strong and negative association between presidential power and democratic performance, but that cohabitation and divided minority government do not have the negative consequences that the literature predicts.
http://doras.dcu.ie/2077/
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Student movements in the Islamic Republic: shaping Iran’s politics through the campus
(2012)
Rivetti, Paola
Student movements in the Islamic Republic: shaping Iran’s politics through the campus
(2012)
Rivetti, Paola
http://doras.dcu.ie/23168/
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Subnational democracy in the European Union: challenges and opportunities.
(2002)
Breathnach, Proinnsias
Subnational democracy in the European Union: challenges and opportunities.
(2002)
Breathnach, Proinnsias
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Abstract available in text.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9787/
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The EU's democratization agenda in the Mediterranean: a critical inside-out approach
(2009)
Pace, Michelle; Seeberg, Peter; Cavatorta, Francesco
The EU's democratization agenda in the Mediterranean: a critical inside-out approach
(2009)
Pace, Michelle; Seeberg, Peter; Cavatorta, Francesco
http://doras.dcu.ie/4505/
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