Cultures of Democracy and Citizen Efficacy
... up the mess” (like Musharaf in Pakistan). But this greater geographical scope of democracy makes it harder to understand. Or, rather, it makes us aware how little we have understood it. What are the conditions that make for stable democracies? Why does democracy take root here and not there? (For in ...
... up the mess” (like Musharaf in Pakistan). But this greater geographical scope of democracy makes it harder to understand. Or, rather, it makes us aware how little we have understood it. What are the conditions that make for stable democracies? Why does democracy take root here and not there? (For in ...
Conditions for Athenian Democracy
... historical experience of the Greek city-states. But, like the majority of major Greek political writers of the classical period, Aristotle lived most of his adult life in democratic Athens. Aristotle regarded democracy as qualitatively inferior to three ideal-world "correct" regimes (polity, aristoc ...
... historical experience of the Greek city-states. But, like the majority of major Greek political writers of the classical period, Aristotle lived most of his adult life in democratic Athens. Aristotle regarded democracy as qualitatively inferior to three ideal-world "correct" regimes (polity, aristoc ...
1 Democratization and international relations
... erode moves towards democracy. Democracy can suffer setbacks during security crises since leaders will often consolidate their own power in order to mobilize resources to meet (or make) external threats (Thompson ...
... erode moves towards democracy. Democracy can suffer setbacks during security crises since leaders will often consolidate their own power in order to mobilize resources to meet (or make) external threats (Thompson ...
The Behavioural Foundations of Publius` Federalism: Losers
... their work, allowing for cross-national comparison of the comportments and attitudes of losers. Aarts and Thomassen (2005) perform a compelling analysis of how citizens’ evaluations of accountability and responsiveness vary by electoral systems, and then how these evaluations feed into evaluations o ...
... their work, allowing for cross-national comparison of the comportments and attitudes of losers. Aarts and Thomassen (2005) perform a compelling analysis of how citizens’ evaluations of accountability and responsiveness vary by electoral systems, and then how these evaluations feed into evaluations o ...
Sub-Optimal Cooperation and Democratic Transitions
... Table 3 describes the Italian terrorism case and presents the actors’ preferences. Table 4 presents the actions taken by both actors across the crisis. It is an example of optimal non-cooperation. In this case, primarily involving the Red Brigades but also including other groups, the government ref ...
... Table 3 describes the Italian terrorism case and presents the actors’ preferences. Table 4 presents the actions taken by both actors across the crisis. It is an example of optimal non-cooperation. In this case, primarily involving the Red Brigades but also including other groups, the government ref ...
DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF NEW MEDIA GALAXY
... why representation is established as a central mechanism for constituting political power. However, over the last few years, an alarming decline has been observed in the membership of mass political parties, along with a fall in the votes cast on election days and even, as in the case of Spain, a si ...
... why representation is established as a central mechanism for constituting political power. However, over the last few years, an alarming decline has been observed in the membership of mass political parties, along with a fall in the votes cast on election days and even, as in the case of Spain, a si ...
Sporadic democracy: Education, Democracy and the Question of
... On the one hand the history of democracy can be written as a continuous quest for inclusion. Some of the most powerful and successful social movements of the last century – including the women’s movement and the labour movement – have precisely mobilised “around demands for oppressed and marginaliz ...
... On the one hand the history of democracy can be written as a continuous quest for inclusion. Some of the most powerful and successful social movements of the last century – including the women’s movement and the labour movement – have precisely mobilised “around demands for oppressed and marginaliz ...
Epistocracy: Conceptual Clarifications.
... the relative disregard for academics and academic knowledge – if there indeed is such a disregard – also manifests itself in actual recruitment patterns to the ruling elite. Furthermore, cultural and social epistocracy can be more or less formalized in terms of epistocratic policies and laws. A syst ...
... the relative disregard for academics and academic knowledge – if there indeed is such a disregard – also manifests itself in actual recruitment patterns to the ruling elite. Furthermore, cultural and social epistocracy can be more or less formalized in terms of epistocratic policies and laws. A syst ...
imperfect democracies
... and tensions among the various dimensions of democratic quality; and democracies will differ in the normative weights they place on various dimensions (for example, freedom versus responsiveness; or majority rule versus minority rights). There is no objective way of deriving a single framework of de ...
... and tensions among the various dimensions of democratic quality; and democracies will differ in the normative weights they place on various dimensions (for example, freedom versus responsiveness; or majority rule versus minority rights). There is no objective way of deriving a single framework of de ...
Democratization in the Middle East: Experiences, struggles
... others, they will likely remove the explicit and implicit popular support that terrorist groups enjoy (and on which they depend as they search for combatants, funding, and places to hide and train). There are only few or, as some would argue, no established democracies in the region, and, at best, s ...
... others, they will likely remove the explicit and implicit popular support that terrorist groups enjoy (and on which they depend as they search for combatants, funding, and places to hide and train). There are only few or, as some would argue, no established democracies in the region, and, at best, s ...
Chapter 7
... some antidemocratic pathology. The 20 republics are not alone in the world as relatively recently arrived democracies. What does set them apart from all but a few others is their lack of a recent colonial history. By 1825, 17 of these 20 countries were independent; the 18th, the Dominican Republic, ...
... some antidemocratic pathology. The 20 republics are not alone in the world as relatively recently arrived democracies. What does set them apart from all but a few others is their lack of a recent colonial history. By 1825, 17 of these 20 countries were independent; the 18th, the Dominican Republic, ...
Liberalism, Marxism and the Class Character of Radical Democratic
... on other forms of oppression. besides those of class. which must be dealt with in any truly democratic social transformation. They are also correct in pointing to the fact that these identities are not necessarily anti-capitalist. but only become so through a process of "bonding through discourse an ...
... on other forms of oppression. besides those of class. which must be dealt with in any truly democratic social transformation. They are also correct in pointing to the fact that these identities are not necessarily anti-capitalist. but only become so through a process of "bonding through discourse an ...
Renée de Nevers, Associate Professor, Public Administration and
... networks, militias, and drug gangs to multinational corporations and transnational nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In this kind of world, it is simply not reasonable to expect states to deal only with other sovereign states and not to try to influence the behavior of the many sub- and nonstate ...
... networks, militias, and drug gangs to multinational corporations and transnational nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In this kind of world, it is simply not reasonable to expect states to deal only with other sovereign states and not to try to influence the behavior of the many sub- and nonstate ...
Differentiating the democratic performance of the
... The measures were chosen according to their geographical and temporal range, their purchase on the liberal democratic values to be measured, and their empirical quality and diversity. Particular attention was paid to the scale ranges of both the ordinal and interval level measures in order to achiev ...
... The measures were chosen according to their geographical and temporal range, their purchase on the liberal democratic values to be measured, and their empirical quality and diversity. Particular attention was paid to the scale ranges of both the ordinal and interval level measures in order to achiev ...
Do Democracies Have Different Public
... facilitate bargaining with each other (for a model along these lines, see Weingast and Marshall, 1988). Related are the “Chicago political-economic school” approaches of Stigler (1971), Peltzman (1976, 1980), Becker (1983) and others who admit that public policies may create inefficiencies such as m ...
... facilitate bargaining with each other (for a model along these lines, see Weingast and Marshall, 1988). Related are the “Chicago political-economic school” approaches of Stigler (1971), Peltzman (1976, 1980), Becker (1983) and others who admit that public policies may create inefficiencies such as m ...
English Link - Vanderbilt University
... representative democratic politics include measures of internal and external than others, and oppose change to this status efficacy. I measure system support with an quo. It is possible to go further and test whether index based on one’s perception that the state general disenchantment with the comp ...
... representative democratic politics include measures of internal and external than others, and oppose change to this status efficacy. I measure system support with an quo. It is possible to go further and test whether index based on one’s perception that the state general disenchantment with the comp ...
the Full Article
... who want to impose their religion or ideology. Of course, motives, ideals, and ideologies do play a role in political violence. No one takes up the sword for no reason. Possible motives for violence always exist in every country. People everywhere resent certain injustices and abuses, and some alway ...
... who want to impose their religion or ideology. Of course, motives, ideals, and ideologies do play a role in political violence. No one takes up the sword for no reason. Possible motives for violence always exist in every country. People everywhere resent certain injustices and abuses, and some alway ...
Do democracies have different public policies than non
... of our paper shows that differences are readily found in another policy arena, namely those relating to the process of winning and maintaining public office (torture, execution, censorship, military spending, and regulating religion). By distinguishing economic and social policies from policies tha ...
... of our paper shows that differences are readily found in another policy arena, namely those relating to the process of winning and maintaining public office (torture, execution, censorship, military spending, and regulating religion). By distinguishing economic and social policies from policies tha ...
Democracy and Deprivation: Does Media Freedom Make a
... select and discipline elected officials. We would expect, therefore, that the expansion of the franchise will lead to an increase in the protection of media freedom. Autocratic leaders are typically averse to allowing open communication for fear that it will enable opposition movements to overcome t ...
... select and discipline elected officials. We would expect, therefore, that the expansion of the franchise will lead to an increase in the protection of media freedom. Autocratic leaders are typically averse to allowing open communication for fear that it will enable opposition movements to overcome t ...
Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?
... allies will produce theocratic regimes hostile to American interests. The concern is valid, but is often overplayed by the very same autocrats as they seek to retain to power. So far, successful democratization has never brought to power a government that then directly threatened the national securi ...
... allies will produce theocratic regimes hostile to American interests. The concern is valid, but is often overplayed by the very same autocrats as they seek to retain to power. So far, successful democratization has never brought to power a government that then directly threatened the national securi ...
The Imperial Peace: Democracy, Force and Globalization
... expanding franchise in a population enjoying a bundle of liberal political and civil rights. ‘Democracy’ is thus equated, more or less self-consciously, with liberal democracy or polyarchy (Dahl, 1961; cf. 1985), and often in a recognizably North American form (e.g. Owen, 1996; cf. Oren, 1996). ‘War ...
... expanding franchise in a population enjoying a bundle of liberal political and civil rights. ‘Democracy’ is thus equated, more or less self-consciously, with liberal democracy or polyarchy (Dahl, 1961; cf. 1985), and often in a recognizably North American form (e.g. Owen, 1996; cf. Oren, 1996). ‘War ...
Common Behavior in the Practice of Democracy in Africa
... interest of one country in another and establish the preconditions of permanent peace. The role of diplomacy is so important among nations because it facilitates cultural interexchange and lets people living together in peace. The diplomacy works well if there is mutual reliance between those who ar ...
... interest of one country in another and establish the preconditions of permanent peace. The role of diplomacy is so important among nations because it facilitates cultural interexchange and lets people living together in peace. The diplomacy works well if there is mutual reliance between those who ar ...
OVERVIEW D L Introduction
... 240 contested). Significantly, the principal opposition party (the Democratic Alliance) gained ground (winning 22 percent of the overall vote) and won control of 18 municipal councils. The elections were watched carefully because they dealt with a number of significant issues pertaining to South Afr ...
... 240 contested). Significantly, the principal opposition party (the Democratic Alliance) gained ground (winning 22 percent of the overall vote) and won control of 18 municipal councils. The elections were watched carefully because they dealt with a number of significant issues pertaining to South Afr ...
The Relationship Between Democracy and Sustainable Development
... defined places. Effects of activities in one political jurisdiction may affect others far away and across time (for example, climate change). And the boundaries of ecosystems may not coincide with political boundaries (for example, water courses). Decisions made by those alive today affect others ye ...
... defined places. Effects of activities in one political jurisdiction may affect others far away and across time (for example, climate change). And the boundaries of ecosystems may not coincide with political boundaries (for example, water courses). Decisions made by those alive today affect others ye ...
Democratic Internationalism - Council on Foreign Relations
... era when they were rare, and when rival great powers animated by radical antiliberal ideologies made serious bids to extinguish liberal democracy and dominate the world. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the United States had played a major role in producing a world order that was more peacef ...
... era when they were rare, and when rival great powers animated by radical antiliberal ideologies made serious bids to extinguish liberal democracy and dominate the world. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the United States had played a major role in producing a world order that was more peacef ...
Democratic peace theory
Democratic peace theory is a theory which posits that democracies are hesitant to engage in armed conflict with other identified democracies. In contrast to theories explaining war engagement, it is a ""theory of peace"" outlining motives that dissuade state-sponsored violence.Some theorists prefer terms such as ""mutual democratic pacifism"" or ""inter-democracy nonaggression hypothesis"" so as to clarify that a state of peace is not singular to democracies, but rather that it is easily sustained between democratic nations.Among proponents of the democratic peace theory, several factors are held as motivating peace between liberal states:Democratic leaders are forced to accept culpability for war losses to a voting public;Publicly accountable statesmen are more inclined to establish diplomatic institutions for resolving international tensions;Democracies are less inclined to view countries with adjacent policy and governing doctrine as hostile;Democracies tend to possess greater public wealth than other states, and therefore eschew war to preserve infrastructure and resources.Those who dispute this theory often do so on grounds that it conflates correlation with causation, and that the academic definitions of 'democracy' and 'war' can be manipulated so as to manufacture an artificial trend.