Sandra Kensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6108734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Kensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Kensen |
| SIGNATURE | KENSEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Tilburg University, the Netherlands |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An Introduction and Invitation to Participate
Symposium—The Theory and Practice of Community Democracy
Playing With Boundaries as Democratic Scholars
The meaning of research has changed, in particular in relation to local democracy. Researchers do not want to just contribute to the stock of knowledge regarding local democracy or comment on democratic processes from the outside; they also want to be among the democratic agents and use their knowledge, also of theories and theoretical concepts, and skills to contribute to democratic processes. In this article, five such researchers and their wor…
Pragmatic, Extra-Formal Democracy
Based on trends in local political participation, we wish to develop the notion of extra-formal democracy. Extra-formal democracy-democratic practices that exist outside the formalisms of electoral processes-links citizens with one another. Citizens collaborate with, or contest one another in direct, robust ways. Representative democracy, as a passive and indirect expression of desire, is not energizing in the same way. Despite its attractions in…
Constructing Civil Space
The Dialogue as Basis for Democratic Governance
Compared to the Northern American discourse on drugs, the Dutch way of talking about drugs seems bizarre. This clear cut difference makes drugs a good example for discussing discourse theory. Two Dutch cases on drug policy show that even decision-making processes concerning not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) facilities may be organized by means of an open dialogue. Also other groups in society than (local) government actors may recognize the necessity of…
The Dialogue as Basis for Democratic Governance
Compared to the Northern American discourse on drugs, the Dutch way of talking about drugs seems bizarre. This clear cut difference makes drugs a good example for discussing discourse theory. Two Dutch cases on drug policy show that even decision-making processes concerning not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) facilities may be organized by means of an open dialogue. Also other groups in society than (local) government actors may recognize the necessity of…
Pragmatic, Extra-Formal Democracy
Based on trends in local political participation, we wish to develop the notion of extra-formal democracy. Extra-formal democracy-democratic practices that exist outside the formalisms of electoral processes-links citizens with one another. Citizens collaborate with, or contest one another in direct, robust ways. Representative democracy, as a passive and indirect expression of desire, is not energizing in the same way. Despite its attractions in…
Constructing Civil Space
An Introduction and Invitation to Participate
Playing With Boundaries as Democratic Scholars
The meaning of research has changed, in particular in relation to local democracy. Researchers do not want to just contribute to the stock of knowledge regarding local democracy or comment on democratic processes from the outside; they also want to be among the democratic agents and use their knowledge, also of theories and theoretical concepts, and skills to contribute to democratic processes. In this article, five such researchers and their wor…
The Dialogue as Basis for Democratic Governance
Compared to the Northern American discourse on drugs, the Dutch way of talking about drugs seems bizarre. This clear cut difference makes drugs a good example for discussing discourse theory. Two Dutch cases on drug policy show that even decision-making processes concerning not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) facilities may be organized by means of an open dialogue. Also other groups in society than (local) government actors may recognize the necessity of…
Pragmatic, Extra-Formal Democracy
Based on trends in local political participation, we wish to develop the notion of extra-formal democracy. Extra-formal democracy-democratic practices that exist outside the formalisms of electoral processes-links citizens with one another. Citizens collaborate with, or contest one another in direct, robust ways. Representative democracy, as a passive and indirect expression of desire, is not energizing in the same way. Despite its attractions in…
Constructing Civil Space
Symposium—The Theory and Practice of Community Democracy
Playing With Boundaries as Democratic Scholars
The meaning of research has changed, in particular in relation to local democracy. Researchers do not want to just contribute to the stock of knowledge regarding local democracy or comment on democratic processes from the outside; they also want to be among the democratic agents and use their knowledge, also of theories and theoretical concepts, and skills to contribute to democratic processes. In this article, five such researchers and their wor…
An Introduction and Invitation to Participate
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