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Institutional change and legitimacy via urban elections? : people's awareness of elections and participation in Urban neighbourhoods (Shequ)
Heberer, Thomas - 2006
This paper analyses institutional reforms and political participation, most notably indirect and direct elections of … residential committees (RC), in China's urban neighbourhoods and communities (shequ). It shows that these elections at present are … about - RC elections in the daily lives of China's urban dwellers still are, they still have some influence on political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010512674
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Institutional change and legitimacy via Urban elections? People's awareness of elections and participation in Urban neighbourhoods (Shequ)
Heberer, Thomas - 2006
This paper analyses institutional reforms and political participation, most notably indirect and direct elections of … residential committees (RC), in China's urban neighbourhoods and communities (shequ). It shows that these elections at present are … about - RC elections in the daily lives of China's urban dwellers still are, they still have some influence on political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302301
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Participation versus consent : should corporations be run according to democratic principles?
Hielscher, Stefan; Beckmann, Alexander; Pies, Ingo - In: Business ethics quarterly : the journal of the Society … 24 (2014) 4, pp. 533-563
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480249
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Participatory accountability and collective action : experimental evidence from Albania
Barr, Abigail; Packard, Truman; Serra, Danila - 2013
characterization by investigating the correlation between individual behavior in a simple public goods game and their participation in … children in primary school. We find significant correlations between cooperativeness and participation in school accountability … institutions and national elections, both at the individual level and the district level. These correlations are robust to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010187861
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The Electoral System for the European Parliament Elections
STAN, Delia-Elena - In: Europolity – Continuity and Change in European … 3 (2009) 1, pp. 146-155
The aim of this paper is to present the impact of the different electoral systems used for the European Parliament on the later functioning of the EP and on the way that it represents the European citizens. Will the homogenization of the electoral system at an European level have as a result a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790065
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Legitimacy and democracy: implications for governance in sport
Minikin, Brian - In: Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal 5 (2015) 5, pp. 435-450
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the existing mechanisms for legitimising member based sport organisations can lead to poor governance and how accepted democratic processes can be manipulated to suit the personal agenda of individuals over the vision of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015006826
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Reflections on the concept of representation and its application to China
Heberer, Thomas - 2016
participation on the one hand and elections as a specific feature of representation on the other. We then conclude with a summary of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569869
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Do populist values or civic values drive support for referendums in Europe?
Weßels, Bernhard; Rose, Richard - In: European Journal of Political Research 60 (2021) 2, pp. 359-375
commitment to the civic value of participation. This innovative paper tests an integrated model of both theories by the empirical … is positively influenced by attitudes towards participation, democratic ideals and whether elected representatives are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222238
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Participatory accountability and collective action: Experimental evidence from Albania
Barr, Abigail; Packard, Truman; Serra, Danila - 2013
characterization by investigating the correlation between individual behavior in a simple public goods game and their participation in … children in primary school. We find significant correlations between cooperativeness and participation in school accountability … institutions and national elections, both at the individual level and the district level. These correlations are robust to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392435
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The causal effect of compulsory voting laws on turnout : does skill matter?
Jaitman, Laura - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 92 (2013), pp. 79-93
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010198130