In the context of local civic governance, much of the interest in eParticipation concerns the extent to which online media might overcome the limitations of geography and scale, and so allow local interests to be better represented in institutionally driven participatory processes at national or regional level. In contrast, this study investigates the online deliberations of a local, geographic...

Goal 16 of the UN sustainable development goals, which calls on global community to “build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels,” can be conceptualized as aiming fostering communicative action, a concept developed by Jürgen Habermas describe mode for coordinating society grounded in deliberation. However, simultaneously provides an account structural transformation pu...

Focus on the concept of deliberative democracy has increased rapidly within recent decades. However, the concept is weakly defined, if at all. ‘Deliberation’ is defined as an unconstrained exchange of arguments that involves practical reasoning and potentially leads to a transformation of preferences. Throughout the 1990s several innovative democratic experiments have flourished focusing on cit...

In this essay, Professor Balkin argues that digital technologies alter the social conditions of speech and therefore should change the focus of free speech theory, from a Meiklejohnian or republican concern with protecting democratic process and democratic deliberation, to a larger concern with protecting and promoting a democratic culture. A democratic culture is a culture in which individuals...

In contrast with other formal theory treatments of democratic deliberation in terms of (1) strategic information pooling or (2) relaxing the assumption of logical omniscience, this paper considers the role of deliberation in coordinating citizens on a higherwelfare equilibrium. The equilibrium in question belongs to a post-deliberation game of fundamental action vis-à-vis other individuals: giv...

This study aims to briefly review the thoughts of Jurgen Habermas, a German philosopher at Frankfurt School with his critical philosophy, especially regarding social thought, by comparing it concept spiritual leadership in Islam as reflected characteristics Prophet Muhammad SAW. Data processing uses descriptive analysis deconstruction paradigm, looking more sharply provide new and meanings inte...

Deliberative models have dominated democratic theory far the past ten years. This chapter argues that, in some prominent versions at least these models are funda­ mentally fla'wed. Criticism of the deliberative model is not new; ho\vever, few critics challenge the most basic assumptions of that model. preferring to argue on the ground set out by the deliberationists themselves. 1',,1y aim is to...

We present a generic approach to the implementation of a principle stating that personality traits have an actual influence over the rational decision making process of cognitive agents. The contribution of this work concerns the coverage of the domain of psychology that is treated, the genericity of the proposal with regard to the models of rational agents used and above all, the improvement o...

Abstract The return of authoritarian great powers, the slowing democratic wave, and outright reversion to rule pose important questions for international theory. What are implications an system populated with more autocracies? This question was posed by a diverse array social scientists, public intellectuals, policy analysts in response autocratic wave Europe 1920s 1930s. We show that series co...