UID:
almafu_9959165589602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 215 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781108577229
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1108577229
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9781108650700
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1108650708
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9781139095716
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1139095714
Serie:
Theories of institutional design
Inhalt:
Oral Democracy studies citizens' voices in civic and political deliberations in India's gram sabhas (village assemblies), the largest deliberative institution in human history. It analyses nearly three hundred transcripts of gram sabhas, sampled within the framework of a natural experiment, allowing the authors to study how state policy affects the quality of discourse, citizens' discursive performances and state enactments embodied by elected leaders and public officials. By drawing out the varieties of speech apparent in citizen and state interactions, their analysis shows that citizens' oral participation in development and governance can be improved by strengthening deliberative spaces through policy. Even in conditions of high inequality and illiteracy, gram sabhas can create discursive equality by developing the 'oral competence' of citizens and establishing a space in which they can articulate their interests. The authors develop the concept of 'oral democracy' to aid the understanding of deliberative systems in non-Western and developing countries. This title is also available as Open Access.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jan 2019).
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Discursive political culture -- Political construction, state enactments, and citizen performances -- The role of literacy in deliberative democracy -- Conclusion : oral democracy.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107019744
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1107019745
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Politologie
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