Daniel Tjarks
Biographic Data
| ID | 4606401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Tjarks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Tjarks |
| SIGNATURE | TJARKS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lisbon |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0653-4161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Participatory Budgeting in Autocracies: Conflicting Logics, Unintended Consequences and Contentious Participation in Angola's Orçamento Participativo
Participatory institutions are no longer confined to liberal democracies as autocrats around the world experiment with ‘authoritarian participation’. This also applies to the most successful democratic innovation of recent decades: participatory budgeting (PB). But what should we make of a practice that can seemingly accommodate any political system and serve as a vehicle for what often are diametrically opposed objectives? Should we curb our ent…
Great urban transformations. Exploring ‘offensive countermovements’ in Polanyi’s instituted economy
The work of Karl Polanyi and, in particular, his signature concepts of disembeddedness and the double movement frequently inform the assessment of complex socio-economic dynamics in modern societies. Notwithstanding the unquestionable value of accounts that, inspired by the double movement, investigate the back-and-forth between market expansion and social protection, the potential of what has been called ‘offensive countermovements’, aspiring to…
Seeing beyond the metropolis: Metropolitan bias and the Angolan system of cities
Urban research is becoming more representative of multifaceted urban conditions, but even a more inclusive urban lens often gravitates towards the metropolis.In this paper, I introduce metropolitan bias as the excessive concentration of people, economic activity, resources, and knowledge production in and on an urban system's largest city.I illustrate the dynamics of metropolitan bias in the evolution of the Angolan system of cities and call for …
International agencies and the implementation of the New Urban Agenda: Evidence from the United Nations in Angola
The New Urban Agenda (NUA) was endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 2016 and embodies the contemporary ideal of sustainable development in an urban world. While the question who can and who should bring the agenda to life has been addressed by research for various actors and governance arrangements,international agencies have mostly been confined to their function as progenitors and advocates of norms. In this paper, I take a closer look at the…
Great urban transformations. Exploring ‘offensive countermovements’ in Polanyi’s instituted economy
The work of Karl Polanyi and, in particular, his signature concepts of disembeddedness and the double movement frequently inform the assessment of complex socio-economic dynamics in modern societies. Notwithstanding the unquestionable value of accounts that, inspired by the double movement, investigate the back-and-forth between market expansion and social protection, the potential of what has been called ‘offensive countermovements’, aspiring to…
Seeing beyond the metropolis: Metropolitan bias and the Angolan system of cities
Urban research is becoming more representative of multifaceted urban conditions, but even a more inclusive urban lens often gravitates towards the metropolis.In this paper, I introduce metropolitan bias as the excessive concentration of people, economic activity, resources, and knowledge production in and on an urban system's largest city.I illustrate the dynamics of metropolitan bias in the evolution of the Angolan system of cities and call for …
International agencies and the implementation of the New Urban Agenda: Evidence from the United Nations in Angola
The New Urban Agenda (NUA) was endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 2016 and embodies the contemporary ideal of sustainable development in an urban world. While the question who can and who should bring the agenda to life has been addressed by research for various actors and governance arrangements,international agencies have mostly been confined to their function as progenitors and advocates of norms. In this paper, I take a closer look at the…
Participatory Budgeting in Autocracies: Conflicting Logics, Unintended Consequences and Contentious Participation in Angola's Orçamento Participativo
Participatory institutions are no longer confined to liberal democracies as autocrats around the world experiment with ‘authoritarian participation’. This also applies to the most successful democratic innovation of recent decades: participatory budgeting (PB). But what should we make of a practice that can seemingly accommodate any political system and serve as a vehicle for what often are diametrically opposed objectives? Should we curb our ent…
Great urban transformations. Exploring ‘offensive countermovements’ in Polanyi’s instituted economy
The work of Karl Polanyi and, in particular, his signature concepts of disembeddedness and the double movement frequently inform the assessment of complex socio-economic dynamics in modern societies. Notwithstanding the unquestionable value of accounts that, inspired by the double movement, investigate the back-and-forth between market expansion and social protection, the potential of what has been called ‘offensive countermovements’, aspiring to…
Economics (3 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Regional science (2 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (2 works) · Authoritarianism (1 works) · Autocracy (1 works) · Citizen journalism (1 works)