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| Title |
Education-policy-by-ballot-initiative. Considerations related to democracy and justice |
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| Author | Moses, Michele S. |
| Source | Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 57 (2011) 4, S. 458-470  |
| Document | full text (344 KB) |
| License of the document | In copyright |
| Keywords (German) | Bildungsforschung; Beeinflussung; Entscheidung; Bildungspolitik; Gerechtigkeit; Bürgerliches Recht; Demokratie; Öffentliche Meinung; Öffentlichkeit; Partizipation; Rassismus; Volksbegehren; Wahlrecht; Wahlverhalten; Theorie; USA |
| sub-discipline | Empirical Educational Research Organisation of Education, Educational Planning, Educational Legislation |
| Document type | Article (journal) |
| ISSN | 0044-3247; 00443247 |
| Language | English |
| Year of creation | 2011 |
| review status | Peer-Reviewed |
| Abstract (English): | What is the relationship between direct democratic ballot initiatives, democratic deliberation, and justice? When voters collectively make policy decisions, what responsibilities do experts have to contribute to informing public deliberation about the relevant issues? This article investigates how the direct democratic ballot initiative process, increasingly and controversially used in the United States to allow citizens to make education policy decisions, may serve to enhance or constrain democracy and justice. Through the lens of deliberative democratic theory, this article aims at providing greater understanding of the education-policy-by-ballot-initiative phenomenon and bringing to light the possibilities of tyranny of the majority when policies having to do with civil rights are left up to popular vote. It concludes with an argument for researchers to use their expertise in the service of public information and deliberation. (DIPF/Orig.) |
| other articles of this journal | Zeitschrift für Pädagogik Jahr: 2011 |
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| Date of publication | 25.02.2014 |
| Citation | Moses, Michele S.: Education-policy-by-ballot-initiative. Considerations related to democracy and justice - In: Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 57 (2011) 4, S. 458-470 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-87400 - DOI: 10.25656/01:8740 |
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