scholarly journals Urban sustainability and political parties: Eco-development in Stockholm and Amsterdam

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1006-1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniël M Bossuyt ◽  
Federico Savini
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Classic Work ◽  
Complex Combination ◽  
Political Critique

In environmental planning practice, political parties tend to be perceived as marginal, unimportant or even dysfunctional. Although urban politicians are increasingly important in the formulation of strong sustainable policies, there is little research that explicitly and empirically looks at the role of elected officials in shaping policies for urban sustainability. This paper scrutinizes the role of parties in formulating urban agendas of sustainable development and in triggering projects of eco-district development in Amsterdam and Stockholm. It does so in order to show how parties play a multiplicity of roles: they mobilize voters through differentiated agendas, they organize the translation of agendas into interventions and act as power holders in the formulation of sustainable urban policies. Combining a post-political framework and classic work on electoral politics, we show how this dynamic occurs in practice. We empirically illustrate that the behavior of parties resonates with the insights of a post-political critique but they do not behave linearly and homogeneously in the ‘policing’ process. They show a complex combination of mobilizing, politicizing and depoliticizing tactics. Political parties are relevant to eco-development and should be problematized within contemporary urban research.

scholarly journals New Forms of Political Activism in Indonesia

Asian Survey ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Tomsa ◽  
Charlotte Setijadi
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
The Future

This article argues that new personality-centric movements have redefined the nexus between activism and electoral politics in Indonesia. It illustrates how these movements have challenged the role of political parties and consultants in electoral campaigning, and how their growing prominence may affect the future trajectory of Indonesian politics.

MUSLIM MINORITIES IN ELECTORAL POLITICS OF TRIPURA

Ensemble ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-144
Author(s):  
Sumon Ali ◽  
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Prof. Alak Bhattacharya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Voting Behaviour ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Political Behaviour ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Democratic Rights ◽  
Muslim Minorities

Indian democracy allows citizens to choose their ruler by using their democratic rights of Universal Adult Franchise. However, they all cannot freely choose their representative due to many obligations from their leaders, community, and groups to which they belong. The study of electoral politics helps us to understand determinants of the voting behaviour of individual or community. The participation of religious minorities in electoral politics increases significantly, elections after elections, and their share in governance has increased only marginally. Among the Minorities, Muslims are the vulnerable section of Society and under-represented in India's legislative bodies and political process and the state of Tripura. Tracing the position of Muslim minorities in the electoral politics of Tripura, the findings observe that Muslims are politically less aware due to many socio-economic problems and the terrible intention of some political parties for using Muslims as vote bank without concerning the development of the communities. In this background, the present study is an attempt to understand the role of Muslim Minorities in the electoral politics of Tripura. It also examines the issues and factors that influence the Muslims' political behaviour during elections in Tripura.

Gender and Elections

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Voter Participation ◽  
Depth Analysis

The fifth edition of Gender and Elections offers a lively, multi-faceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2020 elections. This timely yet enduring volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2020 elections and providing an in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding presidential, congressional, and state elections; voter participation, turnout, and choices; participation of African American women and Latinas; support of political parties and women's organizations; and candidate communication. New chapters explore the role of social movements in elections and introduce concepts of gendered and raced institutions, intersectionality, and identity politics applied to presidential elections from past to present. The resulting volume is the most comprehensive and reliable resource on the role of gender in electoral politics.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development: The Role of Scientific Literature in Dutch Municipal Spatial Planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Lucas Vroom ◽  
Fenje M. Van Straalen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Dutch Literature ◽  
Planning Policies

<p>The objective of this article is to show how Dutch municipalities use scientific literature about sustainable development in their spatial planning policies and processes. The approach to this research is twofold. First, we conducted a literature review that summarized the most important discourses in the international and Dutch literature. Secondly, we interviewed Dutch municipalities and asked them how they interpret and define sustainable (spatial) development, how they keep up with the quick developments surrounding sustainability and how they approach sustainable development in their own planning practices. Results show that many municipalities claimed to interpret sustainable development in a broad manner and claim to use a sufficient amount of scientific literature, but their planning practices suggest otherwise. We conclude that the trichotomy ‘international scientific literature – national professional literature - planning practice’ is not self-evident within Dutch sustainable (spatial) development.</p>

The Tensions of Transparency in Urban and Environmental Planning

2019 ◽  
pp. 0739456X1982763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Marantz ◽  
Nicola Ulibarri
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
First Century ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Government Transparency ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning

Government transparency is generally uncontroversial, intuitively appealing, and held to be a cornerstone of planning practice. This article systematically reviews planning scholars’ treatment of government transparency in the twenty-first century. We find that transparency frequently underpins key theoretical constructs and policy prescriptions, but scholars rarely define or operationalize the term and generally treat it as unproblematic. We then identify how transparency requirements can conflict with the goals of accountability, participation, and inclusion, and we conclude by discussing the implications for assessing the role of transparency in social change.

scholarly journals Rethinking the Study of Electoral Politics in the Developing World: Reflections on the Indian Case

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Adam Michael Auerbach ◽  
Jennifer Bussell ◽  
Simon Chauchard ◽  
Francesca R. Jensenius ◽  
Gareth Nellis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Electoral Behavior ◽  
Indian Politics ◽  
The Many ◽  
Vast Variation

In the study of electoral politics and political behavior in the developing world, India is often considered to be an exemplar of the centrality of contingency in distributive politics, the role of ethnicity in shaping political behavior, and the organizational weakness of political parties. Whereas these axioms have some empirical basis, the massive changes in political practices, the vast variation in political patterns, and the burgeoning literature on subnational dynamics in India mean that such generalizations are not tenable. In this article, we consider research on India that compels us to rethink the contention that India neatly fits the prevailing wisdom in the comparative politics literature. Our objective is to elucidate how the many nuanced insights about Indian politics can improve our understanding of electoral behavior both across and within other countries, allowing us to question core assumptions in theories of comparative politics.

scholarly journals THE CITY AS A SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Bokareva ◽  
A. Dmitrieva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
The City

The city is a multi functional system that combines the entire system of socio-ecological and economic development to fall territorial entities. In this regard, the formation of the principles of sustainable development of the city in modern conditions is one of the most important tasks. The article provides an understanding of the concept of sustainable urban development. The role of environmental planning in achieving sustainable urban development is justified. The principles of urban sustainability management are revealed.

Kenya faces a period of shifting political alliances

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Alliances ◽  
Strong Position ◽  
The Government

Subject Political realignments in Kenya. Significance Recent weeks have seen significant turbulence in Kenyan politics as President Uhuru Kenyatta has moved to reassert control over the ruling Jubilee Party, by strengthening relations with other political parties while sidelining Deputy President William Ruto and his allies. Impacts Kenyatta is now in a strong position to push changes through parliament and, if needed, mobilise support in a constitutional referendum. Several key opposition figures are now effectively working with the government, which will weaken the role of the official opposition. Opposition will stay lively as Ruto’s allies protest, socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic bite and electoral politics heat up.

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