Policy Design for Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Policy Design for Democracy write by Anne Larason Schneider. This book was released on 1997. Policy Design for Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A theoretical work on how democracy can be improved when people are disenchanted with government. It summarizes four current approaches to policy theory - pluralism, policy sciences, public choice, and critical theory - and shows how none offer more than a partial view of policy design.
Democracy and the Policy Sciences
Democracy and the Policy Sciences - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy and the Policy Sciences write by Peter deLeon. This book was released on 1997-08-21. Democracy and the Policy Sciences available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As originally proposed by Harold Lasswell, the policy sciences were dedicated to democratic governance. But today they are far removed from the democratic process and do little to promote the American democratic system. This book examines how in the context of American history and the development of the policy sciences, a more democratic, participatory policy analysis could be conceptualized in theory and administered in practice. Peter deLeon argues that for the policy sciences to move toward democracy, they must accept a new analytic paradigm that draws heavily on critical thinking and the writing of post-positivism. To further that end, he presents a "minipopulist" procedure that will allow more citizen participation without hamstringing the processes of government.
Parties, Policies, And Democracy
Parties, Policies, And Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Parties, Policies, And Democracy write by Hans-dieter Klingemann. This book was released on 1994-09. Parties, Policies, And Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Provides major new insights into the changing electoral strategies of political parties in Western democracies".--Ronald Ingelhart, University of Michigan.
Deliberative Democracy in America
Deliberative Democracy in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Deliberative Democracy in America write by Ethan J. Leib. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Deliberative Democracy in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We are taught in civics class that the Constitution provides for three basic branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative. While the President and Congress as elected by popular vote are representative, can they really reflect accurately the will and sentiment of the populace? Or do money and power dominate everyday politics to the detriment of true self-governance? Is there a way to put &"We the people&" back into government? Ethan Leib thinks there is and offers this blueprint for a fourth branch of government as a way of giving the people a voice of their own. While drawing on the rich theoretical literature about deliberative democracy, Leib concentrates on designing an institutional scheme for embedding deliberation in the practice of American democratic government. At the heart of his scheme is a process for the adjudication of issues of public policy by assemblies of randomly selected citizens convened to debate and vote on the issues, resulting in the enactment of laws subject both to judicial review and to possible veto by the executive and legislative branches. The &"popular&" branch would fulfill a purpose similar to the ballot initiative and referendum but avoid the shortcomings associated with those forms of direct democracy. Leib takes special pains to show how this new branch would be integrated with the already existing governmental and political institutions of our society, including administrative agencies and political parties, and would thus complement rather than supplant them.
Public Policy for Democracy
Public Policy for Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Public Policy for Democracy write by Helen M. Ingram. This book was released on 1993. Public Policy for Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fundamental rethinking is under way about the roles of government, citizens, and community organizations in public policy. Can government be reconstructed to make public policies more responsive to citizens and thus more effective? This challenge is apparent in the activist policy agenda of the Clinton administration, which supports national service programs, government-voluntary collaborations, and community-based development projects. Public Policy for Democracy is an important and timely contribution to the current discussion of how to get people more involved in their own governance. In this book, contributors urge policymakers and policy analysts to promote a more vigorous and inclusive democracy by incorporating concerns about citizenship in their craft, rather than strictly emphasizing efficiency and effectiveness. The authors provide insight into how the social construction of politics affects the recipients of the policies and the public in general. They call attention to how policies reinforce negative stereotypes of some groups, such as welfare recipients, and often lead to political alienation and withdrawal. In addition, they discuss how polices using "clinical reason" —a term borrowed from medicine and used as a way to classify people —are increasingly applied to nonmedical situations, such as domestic violence, to restrict individual power and legitimacy. The authors argue that much needs to be done by the government itself to improve policy design and empower all citizens to participate in the democratic process. They identify concrete strategies for policymakers to enhance the role of citizens without sacrificing program effectiveness.
