POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND DELIBERATION IN DEMOCRATIC STATES With the increased adoption and use of social media, it has found popularity in politics especially in terms of participation. Social media is now being used as a tool of enhancing political participation through political parties and politicians. According to Omede (2015 ; p. 276), political parties and their members currently utilize social media applications to rally, communicate, and interact with citizens
encourage participation and counteract alienation and a feeling of distance between the citizens and the state. Decentralization and participation at a local level diminish the number of participants and increase the importance and the influence of each individual. Democracy is all about people controlling the people lives. Now it seems reasonable to state that the smaller the group of people, the more control over their
in isolation, i.e. operate in a closed economy, if they aim to flourish and benefit from comparative advantage, specialization and advancements in technology. For most nations, the road to growth and development passes through global economic participation. However, economies abundantly rich in natural resources, labor and capital can afford to rely more on the local economy and less on the global economy. The fact, however, remains that most economies do not possess such magical powers; thus, they
alone. Changing the load of diseases toward non-communicable diseases all over the world including developing countries, and the fact that creating such diseases has complicated mechanisms and is dependent on several factors, made us to consider the importance of doing some health based interferences in other sections more than before (1,2). In a general view, human’s health is depended on the improvement of situations in which an individual is born, grow up, work, and continue his life. These situations
this essay, it is going to analysis the environmental citizenship with two articles. The first one is Linking Environmental Citizenship and Civic engagement to Public Trust and Environmental Sacrifice in the Asian Context written by Jin & Shriar (2013) which mentions the relationship between civic participation on environmental issues and public trust. The second one is Shifting the Balance in Environmental Governance: Ethnicity, Environmental Citizenship and Discourses of Responsibility written by Agyeman
In relation to this study, a research study was conducted by UNICEF and found out that there is increasing recognition among government institutions, international development agencies, NGOs, and young people themselves of the importance of youth civic engagement. Civic engagement is one of the key components for positive youth development and the successful transition to adulthood. It allows young people to “practice” and exercise citizenship, develop life skills, and enhance their chances of employment
policies which affect their lives. The people have a right to a controlling influence over public decisions and decision-makers, and that they should be treated with equal respect and as of equal worth in the context of such decisions. 3.2 Rule of Law The rule of law is one of the principles in terms of mapping democratic governance. Despite having elections, there should be a rule of law for everyone to be answerable to it. The 6 participants coined the rule of law as one of the thriving factors
Standard operational procedures in the organization structure (read: bureaucracy) have significance in information accessibility and management of community participation in infrastructure development. Even the Grand design of the Bureaucratic Reform contained in Indonesian Government Regulation number 81 of 2010 confirms that availability of Standard operating procedure and suitability of standard operating procedure with service process is one indicator of success of a quality service. Through
Public diplomacy has three different dimensions. Firs dimension includes daily communication which explains the framework and the background of decision making in at home and foreign policy. Democratic governments are usually aware of proposing articles in domestic press after decision making, while foreign press should be taken into account as the most important aim of the first dimension of public diplomacy. In other words, they should emphasis on their perception of the effect of their actions
The relationship between democracy and economic growth has generated much controversy, research, and even bewilderment. If economic development is an expression of the level of development of societies, it will also be compatible with the level of democratic development. Democracy will become a catalyst and engine of economic and social development in society. To what extent does the economy affect the building of democracy? Is democracy a condition for economic development, or is economic development