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Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Deliberative democracy is a diverse and rapidly growing field of research. But how can deliberative democracy be studied? Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy provides a unique collection of over 30 methods to study deliberative democracy. Written in an accessible style, it provides guidance for scholars and students on how to conduct rigorous and creative research on the public sphere, structured forums, and political institutions. Each chapter introduces a particular method, elaborates its utility in deliberative democracy research, and provides guidance on its application, as well as illustrations from previous studies. This book celebrates the methodological pluralism in the field, and hopes to inspire scholars to undertake methodologically robust, intellectually creative, and politically relevant empirical research.
The Psychology of Misinformation
King Charles III is Dracula's distant cousin. Governments are hiding information about UFOs. COVID-19 came from outer space. These sound like absurd statements, but some are true, and others are misinformation. But what exactly is misinformation? Who believes and spreads things that aren't true, and why? What solutions do we have available, and how well do they work? This book answers all these questions and more. Tackling the science of misinformation from its evolutionary origins to its role in the internet era, this book translates rigorous research on misleading information into a comprehensive and jargon-free explanation. Whether you are a student, researcher, policymaker, or changemaker, you will discover an easy-to-read analysis on human belief in today's world and expert advice on how to prevent deception.
The Populism-Euroscepticism Nexus
This book explores the modes of European Union (EU) contestation which are mobilized by radical parties and seeks to unearth the relationship of such contestation with populist discourses. It looks specifically at how rightist and leftist parties articulate populist discourses with representations and problematizations of Europe and the EU by examining the left-wing Podemos in Spain and the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany. It argues that radical parties also build their Euroscepticism on other hegemonic discourses and populism is only one possible discursive articulation to mobilize the contestation of the EU. It examines whether populism discourses may serve (or not) as a stimulus for EU contestation and as such shows the implications that this may have for the persistence of Euroscepticism in Western European democracies. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of radical parties, democracy, democratic and political theory, populism, Euroscepticism, discourse studies and more broadly to comparative politics and European studies.
Political Parties and the Crisis of Democracy
Democracy is in decline and the share of world's population living in freedom under democratic government has decreased considerably as authoritarian practices proliferate. Surprisingly, most of the analyses that study these developments give little attention to the role of political parties in the decline of democracy although there is a broad consensus about the relevance of political parties for the functioning of democracy. How parties can contribute to democracy is best understood by looking at a very diverse range of cases in different parts of the world. Instead of taking a regional approach which dominates the literature on political parties, this volume takes a global perspective. I...
Elections and Social Networks around the World
This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the non‐technological particularities (political, electoral, social, economic, cultural) of the media configurations of different countries. Political parties all over the world engage in real virtual battles to appear at the cutting edge of technology. Providing in‐depth case studies from across Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, this book emphasizes the need to study how institutions, culture, and politics shape the processes of technology diffusion in each context. It asks: what are the uses of social networks in election campaigns in different countries...
Outside the Bubble
Drawing on an original study of internet users across nine Western democracies, Outside the Bubble offers an unprecedented look at the effects of social media on democratic participation. The book reveals that, for most users, social media do not constitute echo chambers where people only hear what they want to hear. Instead, these platforms facilitate accidental encounters with news and exposure to electoral mobilization. While social media may contributeto many societal problems, they can help address at least two important democratic ills: citizens' apathy towards politics, and inequalities between those who choose to exercise their voice and those who remain silent.
Transnational Public Spheres
This book offers the first systematic theorisation of transnational public spheres from non-Western, spatial, and infrastructural perspectives. The current era is characterised by transnational challenges, such as climate change, pandemics, and financial crises, that cannot be adequately addressed by national public spheres. Public spheres, defined as arenas of collective communication and action, are the cornerstone of any people-centred system of governance. This book puts forward a transnational public sphere theory and focuses on spatial, infrastructural, and non-Western perspectives, thus adding to the public sphere theory and practice at both national and transnational levels. The auth...
La democracia española: realidades y desafíos
El libro comienza con la evolución histórica del sistema político español, para después analizar el entramado institucional de la democracia actual (forma de gobierno, sistema electoral y organización territorial). Los capítulos siguientes abordan el ámbito de los actores políticos, tanto colectivos (partidos y sistemas de partidos, sindicatos, movimientos) como individuales (ciudadanos, cultura política, capital social, resultados electorales). Finalmente, la obra concluye con un balance de la democracia en España: se analizan sus fortalezas y los aspectos problemáticos.
Internet, Derecho y Política
A través de este libro el lector puede acercarse a algunas de las cuestiones que centran la discusión actual en torno a las consecuencias que la revolución tecnológica y comunicativa está teniendo en la esfera jurídico-política. Su variedad temática muestra, además, la amplitud de los efectos que esta nueva realidad está teniendo tanto en el ámbito regulatorio como en el de la articulación de lo político. La variedad de posiciones sostenidas por sus autores es también reflejo de ese doble rostro que la revolución de las TIC todavía nos ofrece. Internet, Derecho y Política recoge quince artículos publicados en la revista electrónica IDP-Internet, Derecho y Política, impulsada por los Estudios de Derecho y Ciencia Política de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya desde 2005.
Los derechos humanos en el siglo XXI
Ofrece una lúcida y rigurosa exposición sobre los avances contemporáneos en la protección de la dignidad humana. Esta obra colectiva aporta las claves para comprender los principales problemas y retos que afronta la salvaguarda de los derechos humanos en el siglo XXI desde una perspectiva jurídica y política. Los doce temas abordados analizan los fundamentos históricos y filosóficos de los derechos humanos, los diferentes sistemas de protección jurídica de los derechos humanos existentes, y ciertas interacciones de los derechos humanos con los ámbitos político y social.
