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Demokratiuppdraget: ett viktigt uppdrag : En kvalitativ studie om hur fem lärare för årskurs 1 tolkar skolans demokratiuppdrag

According to the Swedish curriculum the education should establish respect for human rights and democratic values (Skolverket, 2011, s.7). The purpose of this study is to investigate how five first grade teachers understand the Democracy education and how they practice it in reality. I have, based on the purpose of this study issued following questions:What is the teachers interpretation of the Democracy education? How does the teachers work with Democracy in practice?What difficulties does the teachers see with the Democracy education?This study is made through a qualitative method based on interviews with five teachers. The results show that the teachers at both schools, despite the different definitions of the concept of Democracy, yet interprets Democracy education relatively equal.

Deliberativ demokrati i praktiken : Begränsning eller utveckling av den representativa demokratin

Bachelor essay in political science by Andreas Byfeldt, autumn 2007?The practice of deliberative Democracy- limitations or enhancements of representative Democracy??Supervisor: Erik AmnåThe purpose of this study is to find out what impact the practice of deliberative Democracy might have on a representative Democracy. What effects deliberative Democracy could have in this context are scientifically as well as publically relevant seeing that participation in representative democracies as well as the forms of representation is altering.The essay contains both a theoretical segment and a case study. The information regarding the case is based on the results from a questioner, conversations by and observations from the author. In addition an analysis is performed in the case study.The conclusion of the essay is that there is too little empirical research on the subject of deliberative Democracy to make a qualified conclusion about what effects the practice of deliberative Democracy could have on a representative Democracy.

Att bistå demokrati. En studie i hur svenskt demokratibistånd fungerar, utvärderas och lyckas.

This essay tries to explain how Swedish donor organisations are working with Democracy in foreign aid. Three case studies of Sida, LO-TCO Biståndsnämnd and Rädda Barnen aims to give an overview of Swedish donor organisations, their work with Democracy aid, evaluation and the problems with foreign aid. With Carothers theory of Democracy aiding I analyse the success of Swedish Democracy promotion, how civil society contributes to democratizaion and how Democracy is measured.I find that Swedish Democracy aid overall is successful due to a wider perspective of the term Democracy. When Democracy involves human rights it gives the donor a possibility to work with Democracy promotion in a more extensive area and especially in the civil society. The essay stresses the importance of being subjective when evaluating and that one have to focus on the definition of Democracy in each specific case.

Demokrati i förändring : En studie om hur synen på demokrati har förändrats i samhällskunskapsläroböcker över tid

AbstractIn the paper, Democracy's development and change are studied in Swedish textbooks related to social science. The study?s starting point is that the picture of Democracy provided to students has changed over time. The study aims to see how the view on Democracy has altered in Swedish textbooks in social science. In order to examine this, I have studied seven textbooks, from 1945 to 2006, in social science.

Knapptryckardemokrati : Om synsätt på IT-stödd demokratiförnyelse

With the increased significance of information technology (IT) in today?s society the term ?electronic Democracy? (e-Democracy) has gained much importance within the Democracy theory. Naturally, there are several competing views on how the technology should be used for democratic purpose. One aspect of this is the somewhat revitalized claim for direct Democracy in accordance with the hypothetical opportunity to finally realize it as a democratic system. The ideal of direct Democracy combined with the almost total credence in the potential of technology constitute the idea of a ?push-button Democracy?.

Exkludering som demokratiproblem - En fallstudie av Bolivias demokratiska situation

Bolivia is a multiethnic country where the indigenous people constitute the majority of the population. Despite two decades of attempts to take the Democracy further is its foundation more volatile than ever. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to examine if exclusion is taken place in Bolivia from year 1982 until today and if so in which way political exclusion constitute problems of Democracy in Bolivia. The answer depends on the understanding of Democracy used in the analysis. In this thesis I use theories of process-, participation- and deliberative Democracy.

Kan vi prata om det? Deliberativ demokrati, mångfald och politisk kamp

In recent years the liberal representative Democracy has been subject of a substantial critique because of its inability to accommodate difference and createa genuinely democratic political process. One such critique comes from the theory of deliberative Democracy. Supporters of deliberative Democracy try to promote a model of Democracy that take its vantage point in free and equal deliberationbetween all relevant actors in a political community. This model has with some success opposed the aggregative model of Democracy, and in important ways turned the attention to the potential of deliberative processes.However, the deliberative model is still somewhat underdeveloped when it comes to issues of diversity and difference. This essay deals with such deficiencies by analysing deliberative Democracy in the light of the critiquelaunched by difference- and radical democrats.

EU som Demokratifrämjare i Kroatien

The aim of this essay was to study the European Union?s (EU) role as a Democracy promoter and its impact on Croatia?s democratization process. Croatia is a candidate country for membership in the EU which creates a possibility for impact and Democracy promotion. The aim is met by studying the following questions:  In what way has the EU promoted Democracy in Croatia? How did Croatia respond? To what extent has the EU contributed to Croatia?s democratization process?  Croatia is treated as a case study of the EU?s Democracy promotion and the method used was qualitative text-analysis.

Medborgarförslag - ett sätt att stärka demokratin? En ideologianalys med kommunalt fokus

This thesis aims at analysing conflicts between different ideals of Democracy, using the example of a newly implemented citizen´s initiative reform. This reform gives citizens the right to make policy proposals to Swedish municipal councils. The proposals are to be handled in the same way as proposals from the municipal council members. An ideology analysis of various government documents as well as of an official state study (SOU) is carried out to identify and discuss the ideals of Democracy that underpin the reform. The analysis is based on participatory Democracy and electoral Democracy theory and Arnstein's Eight Rungs on the Ladder of Citizen Participation is used to discuss different types of participation by the citizens.

Kommunal demokrati och medborgarinflytande i ett samhälle i förändring

The organisation of the municipalities is based on the principle of representation. It has previously been impossible to give the citizens more influence through direct Democracy, but the information technology gives new possibilities and the choice of Democracy model might no longer be obvious. Representation can be interpreted in many ways and there is a need for a more distinct definition of the rule that the municipalities shall be governed according to the principle of representation. It should also be further investigated how the new technology can be used to increase the use of direct Democracy. The municipalities ought to work to supplement the representation with direct Democracy in the form of active discourse with the citizens.

Alternativet till ett misslyckande? Stadsdelsorganisationen i Malmö. Idag och imorgon.

From a democratic point of view the existing organisation with municipality sections in the city of Malmö, Sweden will be examined. The matter of how an alternative organisation should be structured will also be discussed. Two incompatible models of Democracy theories will be arranged: libertarian Democracy and participation Democracy. The intentions with the reform were primary to increase the civic participation. By applying those values that are used to characterize participation Democracy it will be shown whether the local participation has actually increased.

Demokratiundervisning i skolan : En jämförande studie mellan den sydafrikanska och svenska skolan

The purpose of this study is to highlight how Swedish primary school teachers teach of and about Democracy and based on this then compare with how the primary school teachers in South Africa teaches of and about Democracy. This comparison will then highlight what can be developed in the teaching of and about Democracy in Swedish schools. The method used in this study is mind maps because it gives a greater depth in the way teachers look at teaching Democracy. The result of this comparison is that South Africa's history pervades the entire Democracy education in school but both Sweden and South Africa use methods as dialogue and discussion in teaching of and about Democracy. Furthermore, the community, curriculum, teacher and cooperation with other teachers also have an influence on how Democracy's teaching looks like in schools.

Sydafrikanska lärares uppfattningar av skoldemokrati

In the thesis we discuss South African teachers? conceptions of Democracy in general and school Democracy in particular. The essay is based on interviews with twelve teachers, working in South African high schools. We have asked questions concerning different views of Democracy, such as what the term means to the teachers and how they define a democratic school. We take our stand in different theoretical approaches such as school being the ultimate link between a state and its people to make the citizens think and act democratically.

Didaktiska implikationer i lärares samhällsuppdrag : Uppfattningar om demokrati och biologiskt ämnesstoff hos blivande lärare

In today?s school in Sweden the assignment of community encompasses mediated values and education of Democracy as well of single subject matters. What does it mean then, that teachers have a certain kind of idea of Democracy, and what implications may biology have for the assignment of community? In upper secondary school there are quite many courses in biology with a national curriculum, and findings show that students of teaching perceive or think of biology as helping to promote the dual-purpose of teaching. In this study, the author of the paper has interviewed four future teachers of upper secondary school with biology as one of their main subjects.

EU som demokratifrämjare? : En jämförande studie av Europeiska Unionens demokratifrämjande politik gentemot Makedonien, Kroatien och Turkiet

 In this essay the aim was to investigate how the EU is trying to function as a Democracy promoter in three particular countries, the so called candidate-countries Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey. The aim was also to analyze if there exist any differences in how the EU functions in these countries as a Democracy promoter with a focus on how acts of Democracy promotion is taken place. In order to fulfil the purpose of the essay two questions were addressed, how does the EU perform in promoting Democracy in the three candidate-countries Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey? And also, is it possible to identify any differences in how the EU functions as a Democracy promoter in those three countries?The method used to fulfil purpose and answering research-questions was qualitative text-analysis.  The results of the study were that the EU does perform in a number of ways to promote Democracy in the three countries. The main differences are that the EU is using primarily political tools in Croatia and Macedonia which are channelized top-down and economic tools in Turkey channelized mainly top-down to promote Democracy.

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