Learning democracy in a Swedish gamers’ association: Representative democracy as experiential knowledge in a liquid civil society

To explore the role of civil society organizations in learning democracy this articlecombines the concept of democracy as 'phronesis' with neo-institutional theory, as well as with Hannah Pitkin's concepts of representation. It presents a case study (based on qualitative research) of...

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Main Author: Tobias Harding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2011-10-01
Series:European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela0042