Am 9. Februar 2020 kommt die Volksinitiative «Mehr bezahlbare Wohnungen» vors Volk, welche die Schweizer Wohnbaupolitik unabhängig vom Ergebnis stark prägen wird. Braucht es eine schweizweite Quotenregelung für einen gemeinnützigen Wohnungsbau? Oder sind die geforderten Markteingriffe unnötig? Bei der nächsten «Abstimm-Bar» am 15. Januar 2020 im Karl-der-Grosse erfährst du, um was es genau bei der Abstimmung geht. In einem ersten Schritt fragen wir: Was steht auf dem Spiel? Dr. Jennifer Duyne, Projektleiterin beim ETH Wohnforum, erläutert von einem neutralen Standpunkt aus den Inhalt sowie den Kontext der Initiative. Dann lernen wir mit zwei weiteren Gästen die Argumente aus Befürworter- und aus Gegnersicht kennen: Walter Angst, Gemeinderat AL und Leiter Kommunikation…
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Report: DemocracyNet Research Workshop 2019
The research workshop “Political Representation in Democratic Systems” organized by DemocracyNet and the Doctoral Program Democracy Studies (DPDS) took place at the University of Zurich on September 9-10, 2019. “Political Representation in Democratic Systems” Democracy studies have recently undergone a major change in the way of conceiving representation. Long understood as one political practice among others, representation has been reconceptualized in this new, “constructivist” turn as an inescapable feature of (democratic) politics and lawmaking processes. On the one hand, it is necessary to the emergence and evolution of interests and preferences within the population and to the mobilization of constituencies in political decision-making processes. On the other hand, it is…
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Video: “Recursive Representation in the Shadow of Populism”
The video recording of the public lecture by Prof. Jane Mansbridge (Harvard Kennedy School), “Recursive Representation in the Shadow of Populism,” is now online! Further link: https://tube.switch.ch/cast/videos/570c2b33-60c6-41a1-a448-10cb4b65e84c This lecture took place on September 9, 2019, at the University of Zurich. It was the keynote lecture to the DemocracyNet workshop “Political Representation in Democratic Systems.” Funding by the UZH Graduate Campus via a GRC Short Grant, indispensable to the organization of this lecture, is gratefully acknowledged. We are also very grateful to the the generous support and cooperation of the Doctoral Program “Democracy Studies” (DPDS) of the University of Zurich and of the peer-group of the Department of Political Science, poliTics.