Innovation of education is highly topical. It is obviously boosted by a range of new technologies, which enable new modes of learning that, are independent of time and place through Web-based delivery and computer-mediated communication. However, innovators in education often encounter intrinsic conservatism or even deliberate obstructions. For innovators it is important to be aware of and to u...

This paper reports on research to develop an emergent model for citizen-centred local eDemocracy. It exposes local democracy as a flawed and failing ideal, where the emergent reality is one of significant frustration on the part of community activists who often feel unheard and where progress is slow and hard-fought. Despite legislation requiring effective consultation, local government intrins...

In a historical perspective, technocracy, emphasising bureaucratic and technical expertise in political, social economic areas, is double edge sword: on the one side, it guaranteed condition for international cooperation post-WW II, providing as an ideologically neutral basis governance politically bitter climate. On other hand, indicates tragedy of increasing delegitimization EU governance, ca...

politics is not the ghost in the machine of global health policy. conceptually, it makes little sense to argue otherwise, while history is replete with examples of individuals and movements engaging politically in global health policy. were one looking for ghosts, a more likely candidate would be democracy, which is currently under attack by a new global health technocracy. civil society moveme...

Politics is not the ghost in the machine of global health policy. Conceptually, it makes little sense to argue otherwise, while history is replete with examples of individuals and movements engaging politically in global health policy. Were one looking for ghosts, a more likely candidate would be democracy, which is currently under attack by a new global health technocracy. Civil society moveme...

The onset of the Great Recession raised profile technocracy, or government by experts, as a contrasting model to democracy. Yet, there is little research on how attitudes towards technocracy may impact European citizens' political behaviour. Moreover, consistency supporters' attitudes, especially EU, questionable. This paper uses new survey panel data collected before and after parliament elect...

Objectives We aimed to predict the favor for a technocratic government in context of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Method tested multilevel mediated moderated model on ResPOnsE COVID-19 data set (rolling cross-section design, quota sample Italian adult population, N = 8210, collected from March 17 June 16, 2021). Results Subjective vulnerability showed positive relationship with trust science and scient...