participatory democracy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofparticipatoryanddemocracy
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participatory
adjective
uk/pɑːˌtɪ.sɪˈpeɪ.tər.i/us/pɑːrˈtɪs.ə.pəˌtɔːr.i/
allowing people to take part in or become involved in ...
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democracy
noun
uk/dɪˈmɒk.rə.si/us/dɪˈmɑː.krə.si/
the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the ...
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(Definition ofparticipatoryanddemocracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Both advocated 'participatorydemocracy' as a corrective to the excessive power of political party bureaucracies that failed to represent popular interests.
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Butparticipatorydemocracyfunctioned effectively because institutions supported it.
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Although the functioningparticipatorydemocracyhas been installed since 1986, old habits did not die easily.
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Other advocates ofparticipatorydemocracy, especially contemporary theorists, have, however, adopted a very different view.
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The notion of a dense,participatorydemocracythat it evokes is a worthy ideal and should not be quickly abandoned.
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There is no longer a forum in which to generate wider political ideals within aparticipatorydemocracy.
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Ifparticipatorydemocracyreally does facilitate environmental health, then it stands to reason that forest ecosystems should benefit from increased public involvement.
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The objective of the decentralisation policy is to decentralise power to enhance and guaranteeparticipatorydemocracyand ensure rapid sustainable development. 13.
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In what ways might such an approach further the ideals of aparticipatorydemocracy?
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In the past, many of the more radical advocates ofparticipatorydemocracyhave tended to be hostile towards 'bourgeois democracy'.
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The current political process ostensibly seeks to consolidate a moreparticipatorydemocracythat goes beyond the electoral system which replaced military rule in 1982.
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In other words, strong evidence is still lacking thatparticipatorydemocracynecessarily leads to better ecological management, although this research has pointed out that it is possible.
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Participatorydemocracypresupposes a well-functioning representative democracy rather than curing its ills.
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Canparticipatorydemocracydo the trick?
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Unlike liberal democracy, plebiscitary democracy and democracy as just outcomes, which were propounded in the documents examined here,participatorydemocracyappears in none of these sources.
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Participatorydemocracyis seen as collaborative government and is mirrored by a move towards collaborative or participatory strategies of evaluation research.
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His narrative depends on an image of liberation theologians as speaking essentially with one voice in critique of liberal democracy and in favour ofparticipatorydemocracy.
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We support involvement in voluntary activities when this is a concrete expression ofparticipatorydemocracy.
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