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Globalisation, Good Governance And Democracy: The Interface, Dare Arowolo, Folorunso Aluko
Globalisation, Good Governance And Democracy: The Interface, Dare Arowolo, Folorunso Aluko
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Globalisation has been an important factor in accelerating democracy’s growth in recent decades. In this globalised world, rapid development and global proliferation of new technologies and telecommunications, and integration of the world economy through trade and investment, have increased the role and power of regional and global institutions (Cheema and Maguire, 2004). This promoted and strengthened the spread of democracy while also providing the leverage for good governance. Globalisation impacts on the mode of governance that a country operates either as a symbol of universality or for uniformity. This unstoppable trend has homogenised governance on a global scale while depicting …
The 2007 General Elections In Nigeria: The Implication, Tolu Lawal, Oluwatoyin Abe
The 2007 General Elections In Nigeria: The Implication, Tolu Lawal, Oluwatoyin Abe
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Democracy is said to be consolidated when all parties and individuals operate freely in a competitive and transparent environment; where stakeholders are guided by the rule of law, fair play and respect for group and individual rights. In political systems that approximate the ideal of democracy, the vote and election are meaningful. Elections place some individuals in power and reject the claims of others. Elections most typically are retrospective judgments on the conduct of the person and party that has held power. Those who have given satisfaction are confirmed in the office, those who are held responsible for the poor …
Privatization And Democratization: The Usages Of Democracy In Chicago's School Reform Discourse, Erin Dyke
Privatization And Democratization: The Usages Of Democracy In Chicago's School Reform Discourse, Erin Dyke
College of Education Theses and Dissertations
Since the start of Renaissance 2010, an initiative that is in the final stages of privatizing one-fifth of its over 600 schools, Chicago's public schools have undergone a massive transformation. The problem driving this inquiry is the opacity of the language and meaning of democracy and democratic principles within the context of the recent push for school privatization in Chicago. Using a framework of discourse analysis, I target the specific discursive formation in which democrary slips into a marketized version of itself in relation to Chicago's school privatization efforts. Through an analysis of scholarly articles, news media, and organizational literature …