Public information, public learning and public opinion: democratic accountability in education policy

public opinion and public policy (theoretical subject)

public opinion is one of the key elements that affects public policy. the importance of public opinion depends on the type of political system, and the process of public policy is also affected by the nature of political system. therefore the effect of public opinion on public policy is different, on the basis of the nature of the political system. the purpose of this article is to analyze this...

Public Opinion , Political Representation , and Democratic Choice

Title of dissertation: PUBLIC OPINION, POLITICAL REPRESENTATION, AND DEMOCRATIC CHOICE Michael J. Zenz, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Assistant Professor Eric Pacuit Professor Christopher W. Morris Department of Philosophy In this dissertation I argue that political representatives have duties to be responsive to public opinion in their policy decisions. The existence of ...

Electronic Democracy, Public Accountability and Public Service Information Provision

Public Opinion and Policy in Representative Democracy

Edmund Burke was a much better political philosopher than he was a politician. Burke was a Member of Parliament for Bristol for six years, from 1774 to 1780. He visited the constituency infrequently during that time, and managed to alienate his electorate through a combination of his rather unpatriotic support for America during the war and a general lack of attention to the principal concerns ...

نقد و تحلیل کتاب « Public Finance and Public Policy»

بحث درباره جایگاه مطلوب بخش عمومی (دولت) در اقتصاد از دیرباز مورد توجه مکاتب گوناگون فکری قرار داشته و به علت اهمیت وافر وارد برنامه‌های رسمی دانشگاه‌ها در سراسر جهان شده است. هدف این مقاله تحلیل و نقد کتاب درسی مالیه عمومی و سیاست عمومی تألیف جاناتان گروبر است که از جدیدترین کتاب‌های درسی این حوزه به شمار می‌رود و هم اکنون در تعداد قابل توجهی از دانشگاه‌های مطرح جهان به عنوان کتاب درسی اصلی اق...