CHAPTER I. The People Concerned

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-60
Keyword(s):  
The People

Deliberation and Global Governance

2018 ◽  
pp. 439-452
Author(s):  
Jens Steffek
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Stakeholder Networks ◽  
Current State ◽  
The People ◽  
Governance Institutions ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

Conceptions of deliberative or discursive democracy are applied increasingly also to global governance institutions, typically coupled with calls for more participation and civil society access. Critics argue, however, that global political institutions cannot accommodate meaningful practices of deliberation and participation. In this chapter I review the current state of this controversy. I first disentangle several promises of deliberation in global governance and distinguish micro and macro conceptions of deliberation. I then scrutinize deliberative practices as they currently exist in intergovernmental negotiation and multi-stakeholder networks. A number of problems seem to compromise the democratizing potential of these practices: enduring asymmetries in power and status; high levels of expertise as precondition for participation; disconnect between micro-settings of deliberation and macro-level debates. I conclude that existing forms of global deliberation may increase the epistemic quality of decisions made for the people but should not be interpreted as democratic self-governance by the people.

Testing Hypotheses about Language Learning Using Structural Equation Modeling

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 102-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Winke
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
The People

In this chapter, I review a statistical method for hypothesis or theory testing calledstructural equation modeling(SEM). First, I describe what a model of second language acquisition (SLA) is. I do this so anyone, even those new to the field of applied linguistics, can understand the basic concepts underlying SEM; that is, SEM researchers first articulate a model of SLA, then get empirical data from the real world that operationalize the variables in the model. Researchers use an SEM program to test the model on the data (to see if the model fits the data; if the model is plausible in relation to the learning context of the people from whom the data were collected). After explaining the basics of SEM, I provide a review of 39 applied linguistics studies that have been published in the last five years (between 2008 and 2013) and that present at least one SEM analysis as part of the results. I discuss four problematic areas related to the use of SEM that I believe these 39 studies highlighted: (a) sample size, (b) model presentation, (c) reliability, and (d) the number of Likert-scale points. I conclude with possible solutions for the four problem areas and outline future directions.

scholarly journals Using political psychology to understand populism, intellectual virtues, and democratic backsliding

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Johnsen Haas
Keyword(s):  
Political Psychology ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Intellectual Virtues ◽  
Political Candidates ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
The People ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Democratic Norms

Political scientists have argued that populism is an ideology that can occur on both the left and right, whereby people begin to see politics as a battle between the people and a powerful elite that fails to represent the people’s interest and are attracted to political candidates who vow to fight corruption. In this chapter, I examine how research in political psychology may help to explain the motivations underlying citizens’ attraction to populist ideologies and political candidates. I argue that the same cognitive processes driving people toward populism are those that undermine the intellectual virtues, which in turn, decreases support for democratic norms and can lead to democratic backsliding. In particular, I examine the role of affective states like threat, uncertainty, and anger in driving both increased support for populism and decreased support for open-minded discussion and debate. I also consider whether and how misinformation and attraction to conspiracy theories mediate the link between populism and antidemocratic tendencies.

scholarly journals Kajian Nilai Pendidikan Agama Hindu Dalam Fragmentari Katundung Sita Pada Pesta Kesenian Bali Ke 38 Tahun 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 569
Author(s):  
Nengah Adi Widiastrawan ◽  
I Ketut Sudarsana ◽  
Ida Ayu Adi Armini
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Performing Artists ◽  
The People ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
Arts Festival

<p><em>The preservation of art and culture in Bali, especially performing arts, has seen a lot of development since the idea of the Bali Arts Festival, the Bali Arts Festival held by the Bali Provincial government and the Balinese Community, is a public space and creativity event for Balinese performing artists to showing their best works of art. In the 38th Bali Arts Festival in 2016,InstituteHindu Dharma Negeri Denpasar performed a Fragmentary story with the title Katundung Sita which is based on the Mahabharata story. This Fragmentary tells about how was the exile of Dewi Sita in the middle of the forest by the Rama because hearing the people of Ayodhya Pura did not believe about the loyalty of Dewi Sita who has long been locked up in the Kingdom of Alengka by Rahwana. This research shows, (1) the staging structure in Fragmentari Katundung Sita can be divided into 6 parts, there are: 1. Prologue, 2. Chapter I, 3. Chapter II, 4. Chapter III, and 5. Chapter IV, and 6. Fragmentari’saccompaniment of Katundung Sita (2) The meaning inFragmentari Katundung Sita 1. As a preserver of culture or as a process of preserving culture that has been inherited by the ancestors especially in dance performances, 2. The harmonization of balance in the staging of Fragmentari Katundung Sita reflects life and balance between microkosmos and macrokosmos, 3. Aesthetics is the whole form of Fragmentari Katundung Sita which means beauty. (3) The value of Hindu religious education inFragmentariKatundungSita 1. The value of Nitisastra education which inFragmentari Katundung Sita that contains the concept of AstaBrata 2. The value of Ethics education which is in the performance it was found that as a leader or being a leader, people should be able to carry out the ethics as a leader who is able to control the characteristics that exist in him based on the concept of Asta Brata.</em></p>

Book II. The Paper Age.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Carlyle
Keyword(s):  
The People

Chapter I. Astræa Redux.* A Paradoxical philosopher, carrying to the uttermost length that aphorism of Montesquieu’s, ‘Happy the people whose annals are tiresome,’ has said, ‘Happy the people whose annals are vacant.’* In which saying, mad as it looks, may there...

Traditional Music for the People

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddie Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
Music Programs ◽  
Music Genres ◽  
Chinese Music ◽  
The People ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaborations

In this chapter I use Chinese music departments in the PRC and Taiwan as case studies, exploring how the process of institutionalization has reshaped traditional music in the region and how Chinese music programs have developed responses to growing concerns about their relevance to the surrounding community. More Chinese music programs now seek to develop curricula that incorporate the practices of oral/aural tradition from local musical communities. In an effort to make traditional music more accessible to a wider audience, some institutions attempt to increase their appeal through interdisciplinary collaborations and outreach events as well. I argue that collaborations between institutions and communities will become indispensable to Chinese music programs to help ensure an appropriate representation of local music genres and its relevance to local audiences.

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