Public Administration in a Democratic Society

The Role of Multicultural Education in Constructing a Democratic-pluralistic Society in Iran

Multicultural education, as an educational reform movement, has been given ample attention since 1960s. It has sought to promote the democratic values and educational equality in culturally and racially diverse communities. One of the most important issues at the forefront of education in multi-ethnic societies is how to bring social cohesion by helping people from different cultural, racial, l...

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: Governments Serving Citizens

Contribution of internet to a democratic society

Equitable information access and freedom of expression are viewed as essential aspects of a truly democratic society, whereby all citizens are kept informed and enlightened. A natural extension of this ideal is the human need and desire to communicate and exchange information with others. With the advent of the internet, and extraordinary growth in information and communication technologies in ...

The Family and Democratic Society

The quality of this book is very variable. Professor Folsom has sought to write a comprehensive summary of the family, a source book covering all its aspects, and has drawn his data from a wide number of fields?psychology, economics, religion, anthropology and sociology. It follows that many of the sections are but brief summaries of the work of others, a compression of the subject matter of bo...

Societal Innovation ( OSI ) for Politics , Public Administration , and Civil Society

This paper introduces the notion of Open Societal Innovation (OSI). OSI refers to the adaptation and subsequent sustainable use of appropriate open innovation approaches from business, adapted and utilized by state and society to solve societal challenges. Examples that match the understanding of OSI are discussed in order to gain a broader understanding for this phenomenon.