Trends PART 5 Flashcards
is concerned with the true, essential or philosophical
nature of the concept.
real definition
is concerned with what has been agreed upon by
society, a particular community or by a researcher that helps to imagine and
describe what the concept is.
The nominal definition
specifies the indicators of the concept to enable
its measurement directly or indirectly.
The operational definition
WHat are the 2 words derived from democracy? What do they mean
DEMOS (Common people) and KRATOS (Rule)
Where did the word demos and kratos comefrom
Greece
democracy has to be preceded by national feeling or a feeling of national unity for
―The people cannot decide until somebody decides who are the people.
(Rustow, 1970,)
may therefore be conceived of as a mixture of some essence of
democracy and some measure of dictatorship.
Democratic practice
drawn attention to the fact that, despite partisan political
competition and claims of existence of democracy, it is the organized few that rule the
majority comprising the unorganized masses.
Classical elite theorists and modern elite theorists
is invariably a convenient product comprising some ingredients of
both dictatorship and the essence of democracy
Democratic practice
are skeptical about the knowledge, rationality, good
faith, and capacity of ordinary citizens to think about and take responsible
action on complex community issues.
Many government officials
, in turn, are often skeptical about local government‘
s public
participation processes. As well as similarly skeptical about their own ability to
work productively with others to overcome differences and take meaningful
action.
Citizens
is often present where local governments offer only limited opportunities for
civic engagement.
‘Civic disconnect’
require a more comprehensive approach to ensure the community is part of
a process to create workable and sustainable action strategies.
Complicated issues
is even more important when a community is faced with a wicked problem—a messy,
real-life situation.
Collaboration with community
members
are not solved in the conventional sense, only made better or worse by a
decision or action. Wicked problems are rarely addressed successfully through sole reliance on
professional expertise.
Wicked problems
are more likely to succeed with problem-solving strategies centered on active citizen
engagement, collaboration, and deliberative processes.
Community efforts
routinely name issues and frame options for their elected officials.
These process strategies inform local decision making and are leadership competencies with which
managers are generally comfortable
Local government managers
can be the source of innovative and context-specific solutions for addressing
difficult and perplexing wicked issues.
Community members
__________________________ such as the Kettering Practices can do
much to enhance local efforts to solve public problems and provide effective democratic governance.
Effective use of relational and citizen-centric strategies
is a nonpartisan
research foundation focused on what people can do collectively to
address problems affecting their lives and communities and make
democracy work as it should.
Kettering Foundation
When was Kettering Foundation found?
1972
has identified six core
democratic practices critical for citizens to address shared
problems.
the Kettering Foundation
What was the kettering foundation drawn from?
David Mathews in The Ecology of
Democracy,
6 Core Democratic Practices
Identify or name the issues facing citizens in their own terms; that is, in terms of what
is meaningful and valuable to them.
- Frame issues so that a range of actions are considered and the potential, required
trade-offs are evident. - Make decisions deliberatively and weigh the trade-offs among choices, to minimize
hasty reactions and move toward sound public judgment. - Identify community resources that are available – even intangible ones like
enthusiasm and commitment. - Organize community actions to address a public problem in a complementary and
coordinated fashion. - Encourage constant collective learning to maintain momentum.
- increased democratic legitimacy for institutions because of close links
with citizens, improved reputations for public bodies, and greater accountability of public bodies
Improved governance
- including bringing diverse and sometimes hostile communities
together, bringing
“hard to reach”
and “disadvantaged”
groups into discussions.
Greater social cohesion
- ensuring public service investment is
based more on people
‘
s expressed needs, reducing management and maintenance costs by
reducing vandalism and misuse as a result of engendering a sense of ownership.
Improved quality of services, projects, and programs
- raising awareness and increasing understanding of
public institutions and the way they work, building confidence and optimism among citizens who
then go on to other civic activities or learning
Greater capacity building and learning
Benefits of Participation
Improved governance
Greater social cohesion
Improved quality of services, projects, and programs
Greater capacity building and learning
- including staff time (paid and unpaid), staff expenses, external
staff, fees to participants, participants
‘
expenses, training for staff and participants,
administration, venue hire, other event costs (e.g. refreshments, equipment),
newsletters, leaflets, monitoring and evaluation fees.
Monetary costs
- including time contributed by participants, and skills needed for
the new approach (taking time from other work)
Non-monetary costs
- including risks to reputation (from bad participatory practice), stress,
uncertainty and conflict.
Risks
Costs of public participation
Monetary costs -
Non-monetary costs -
Risks -
is often defined and limited to the right to vote.
Participation
demands free and fair elections and also that party candidates compete openly and fairly. A real
choice between viable alternatives needs to exist for the voters.
representative democracy
- citizens are directly responsible for making policy decisions. The
“
user of its
services
”
should be in focus for demand driven policy development and implementation.
Direct participation
A through conscious voting in elections, mechanisms of
complaint, and organized direct participation by stakeholders in public decision making,.
combination of an indirect participation
a system of government in which the power to
govern comes from the people, but elected officials represent their
interests. This system of government allows American citizens to
participate in government in many ways.
democratic republic,
- is a model of democracy in which citizens have the power to make policy
decisions. Participatory democracy emphasizes the broad participation of people
in politics. Citizens can influence policy decisions, but do not make them.
Participatory Democracy
- is a model of democracy in which no single group dominates politics and
organized groups compete with each other to influence policy. In a pluralist
democracy, individuals work through groups formed around common causes.
Pluralist Democracy
- is a model of democracy in which a small number of people, usually those
who are wealthy or well-educated, influence political decisionmaking. The elite
democratic model argues that participation in politics should be limited to a
small group of highly-informed individuals who can make the best decisions for
all citizens.
Elite Democracy
Models Of Democracy
Participatory Democracy
Pluralist Democracy
Elite Democracy
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