Enmity over Amity: US Belligerence toward Latin American
... leaders that consisted of “disdain for non-European politicians, fear of social revolution, and resentment that US leadership was rejected,” might have encouraged covert action. Forsythe also acknowledged that the targeted democracies may not have been considered “mature liberal states.” Thus a powe ...
... leaders that consisted of “disdain for non-European politicians, fear of social revolution, and resentment that US leadership was rejected,” might have encouraged covert action. Forsythe also acknowledged that the targeted democracies may not have been considered “mature liberal states.” Thus a powe ...
Pluralism and Democracy – Conditions for a Reconciliation
... social differences, by approximating a context-transcending idea of ‘truth’ or ‘rationality’, which can become the object of a ‘consensus’. Kelsen was fully aware that no such conception of ‘truth’ is available in the political domain, and for this reason the only claim he made for the majority pri ...
... social differences, by approximating a context-transcending idea of ‘truth’ or ‘rationality’, which can become the object of a ‘consensus’. Kelsen was fully aware that no such conception of ‘truth’ is available in the political domain, and for this reason the only claim he made for the majority pri ...
The Long Peace Getting Longer
... includes a particularly interesting discussion of the theory of the democratic peace. This theory is often reduced to the simple proposition that, since no two democracies have ever fought one another, making the world safe for democracy will make it safe more generally. Pinker sensibly refuses to s ...
... includes a particularly interesting discussion of the theory of the democratic peace. This theory is often reduced to the simple proposition that, since no two democracies have ever fought one another, making the world safe for democracy will make it safe more generally. Pinker sensibly refuses to s ...
CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY WHICH CRISIS? WHICH DEMOCARCY?
... display a considerable understanding of its complex processes. Our findings also indicate that citizens could be up for a more extended role if a different politics was on offer that was more participatory, open and local. Australians imagine their democracy in a way that demonstrates support for a ...
... display a considerable understanding of its complex processes. Our findings also indicate that citizens could be up for a more extended role if a different politics was on offer that was more participatory, open and local. Australians imagine their democracy in a way that demonstrates support for a ...
How Democracy Works An Introduction
... or by citizens (bottom-up). He utilizes mass and elite survey data from Sweden on a wide range of policy issues across eight different elections since the late 1960s. Holmberg concludes that there is a considerable amount of overlap between shifts in opinion at the mass and elite level, and that mos ...
... or by citizens (bottom-up). He utilizes mass and elite survey data from Sweden on a wide range of policy issues across eight different elections since the late 1960s. Holmberg concludes that there is a considerable amount of overlap between shifts in opinion at the mass and elite level, and that mos ...
Democracy unto the Earth, Liberty unto Mankind?
... overwhelmingly more liberal than those that do not, and countries that protect civil liberties are overwhelmingly more likely to hold free elections than those that do not”.22 Nevertheless, Zakaria points out that “the tendency for a democratic government to believe it has absolute sovereignty (that ...
... overwhelmingly more liberal than those that do not, and countries that protect civil liberties are overwhelmingly more likely to hold free elections than those that do not”.22 Nevertheless, Zakaria points out that “the tendency for a democratic government to believe it has absolute sovereignty (that ...
DEMOCARATIC PEACE REVISITED: IT IS VETO PLAYERS
... Lalman 1992; Fearon 1994; Bueno de Mesquita and Siverson 1995), historical (Weart 1994; Ray 1995;Owen 1994), experimental (Mintz and Geva 1993), anthropological (Ember, Ember, and Russett 1992; Crawford 1994), psychological (Kegley and Hermann 1995), economic (Brawley 1993; Weede 1996), political ( ...
... Lalman 1992; Fearon 1994; Bueno de Mesquita and Siverson 1995), historical (Weart 1994; Ray 1995;Owen 1994), experimental (Mintz and Geva 1993), anthropological (Ember, Ember, and Russett 1992; Crawford 1994), psychological (Kegley and Hermann 1995), economic (Brawley 1993; Weede 1996), political ( ...
État failli et construction de l`État: le state
... «There is a new requirement for technical assistance which the United Nations has an obligation to develop and provide when requested: support for the transformation of deficient national structures and capabilities, and for the strengthening of new democratic institutions. The authority of the Unit ...
... «There is a new requirement for technical assistance which the United Nations has an obligation to develop and provide when requested: support for the transformation of deficient national structures and capabilities, and for the strengthening of new democratic institutions. The authority of the Unit ...
PluralismEqualityDemocracy2
... advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition. The freedom which we enjoy in our government ext ...
... advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition. The freedom which we enjoy in our government ext ...
The Populist Challenge to Constitutional Democracy
... that they ‘combine a substantial level of cynicism about politics with occasional outbursts of moral indignation as to its failings and frustrations.’5 Most citizens, it is argued elsewhere, are judging politicians from afar and through a distorted lens. In mature democracies they have little if any ...
... that they ‘combine a substantial level of cynicism about politics with occasional outbursts of moral indignation as to its failings and frustrations.’5 Most citizens, it is argued elsewhere, are judging politicians from afar and through a distorted lens. In mature democracies they have little if any ...
here - Yanis Varoufakis
... Technological fixes to time-‐‑honoured problems are all the rage these days. Bitcoin is meant to fix money, social media are seen as an antidote to Rupert Murdoch and assorted tyrants, networked robots are to help countries like Japan deal with demographic ...
... Technological fixes to time-‐‑honoured problems are all the rage these days. Bitcoin is meant to fix money, social media are seen as an antidote to Rupert Murdoch and assorted tyrants, networked robots are to help countries like Japan deal with demographic ...
Authoritarianism Goes Global
... Even as they ramp up their repression of independent NGOs, governments have been promoting pseudo-NGOs and fake democracy monitors that emulate the form but not the substance of true civil society groups. The proliferation of government-organized nongovernmental organizations (GONGOs) has been espec ...
... Even as they ramp up their repression of independent NGOs, governments have been promoting pseudo-NGOs and fake democracy monitors that emulate the form but not the substance of true civil society groups. The proliferation of government-organized nongovernmental organizations (GONGOs) has been espec ...
The Idea of Democracy in the Early Republic
... This data reveals the need for some reassessment of the current scholarly consensus. For current purposes, I’m going to skip the qualitative analysis of the material and just highlight some of the broader patterns. Variations of the word “republic” appeared more often in the press in these early yea ...
... This data reveals the need for some reassessment of the current scholarly consensus. For current purposes, I’m going to skip the qualitative analysis of the material and just highlight some of the broader patterns. Variations of the word “republic” appeared more often in the press in these early yea ...
Doyle and Recchia, Liberalism in International
... reciprocal peace with all other states; instead, they understand that states subject to international anarchy are potentially aggressive. Only republics tend to be· consensual and constrained, and they are therefore presumed capable by other republics of reliable mutual accommodation. The experience ...
... reciprocal peace with all other states; instead, they understand that states subject to international anarchy are potentially aggressive. Only republics tend to be· consensual and constrained, and they are therefore presumed capable by other republics of reliable mutual accommodation. The experience ...
A Summary of the Methods and Findings of the Democratic Audit of
... without the other. Checks and balances on their own only deliver controlled government, not publicly controlled government. If a balance of power system is to be democratic, each element within the balance has to be connected back to its own controlling public. If, moreover, we hold with Habermas th ...
... without the other. Checks and balances on their own only deliver controlled government, not publicly controlled government. If a balance of power system is to be democratic, each element within the balance has to be connected back to its own controlling public. If, moreover, we hold with Habermas th ...
Democracy, war initiation, and victory.
... also would mean a smaller percentage of GDP devoted to military spending. Hence, the model does not necessarily predict that democracies devote more resources to military spending than do autocracies. Though the economic pie may be larger for the former, military spending is a relatively smaller sli ...
... also would mean a smaller percentage of GDP devoted to military spending. Hence, the model does not necessarily predict that democracies devote more resources to military spending than do autocracies. Though the economic pie may be larger for the former, military spending is a relatively smaller sli ...
OBER, Athenian Legacies
... restricted even within a society with a well-defined constitution (as contemporary events have shown), this trust in non-democratic governments to promote liberal values is overly optimistic. To be sure, democracies do not always adhere to their ideals, but nondemocratic governments are even less li ...
... restricted even within a society with a well-defined constitution (as contemporary events have shown), this trust in non-democratic governments to promote liberal values is overly optimistic. To be sure, democracies do not always adhere to their ideals, but nondemocratic governments are even less li ...
PDF - Berghahn Journals
... First is what we might call the normative demand, in light of democratic principles of equality and inclusion: exclusions borne of the presumed universality of Western democratic norms and practices mirror other forms of marginalization that democracy toils to redress. If what distinguishes democra ...
... First is what we might call the normative demand, in light of democratic principles of equality and inclusion: exclusions borne of the presumed universality of Western democratic norms and practices mirror other forms of marginalization that democracy toils to redress. If what distinguishes democra ...
A Call for Democratic Renewal - World Movement for Democracy
... authoritarianism, even in countries where people do not trust democratically-elected politicians and feel that democracy is not performing very well. The repeated warnings by rulers in China, Iran and other authoritarian countries about the dangers of “colored revolutions” betray their fear of popul ...
... authoritarianism, even in countries where people do not trust democratically-elected politicians and feel that democracy is not performing very well. The repeated warnings by rulers in China, Iran and other authoritarian countries about the dangers of “colored revolutions” betray their fear of popul ...
The Challenges of Research on Executive-Legislative
... legislature has acquired renewed theoretical relevance. Juan Linz has pioneered work in this area with his reflections on the inherent conflict between these powers under the presidential system. Other contributions, including those of Shugart and Carey (1992) and Mainwaring and Shugart (1997), focu ...
... legislature has acquired renewed theoretical relevance. Juan Linz has pioneered work in this area with his reflections on the inherent conflict between these powers under the presidential system. Other contributions, including those of Shugart and Carey (1992) and Mainwaring and Shugart (1997), focu ...
Types of Government
... House of Commons The political party with the most elected members in the House of Commons forms the government. The leader of that party becomes the Prime Minister. Senate or House of Lords Elected government chooses people to govern in the ...
... House of Commons The political party with the most elected members in the House of Commons forms the government. The leader of that party becomes the Prime Minister. Senate or House of Lords Elected government chooses people to govern in the ...
introduction - Political Perspectives Journal
... becomes the starting point to the dismantling of the democratic rhetoric of multicultural tolerance. Rooted in the poststructuralist tradition, the work unveils the authoritarian practices in the everyday routines of democratic deliberations, bringing to the fore how a majoritarian identity and its ...
... becomes the starting point to the dismantling of the democratic rhetoric of multicultural tolerance. Rooted in the poststructuralist tradition, the work unveils the authoritarian practices in the everyday routines of democratic deliberations, bringing to the fore how a majoritarian identity and its ...
Chapter 2 Ball and Dagger PPT
... involvement in the making of laws. EVEN THOUGH the concept EMERGED in the ancient political world, Aristotle and Plato were skeptical of democracy. They feared mob rule, an over-emphasis on short term benefits, and political chaos. Nonetheless, the IDEAL of democracy was born. ...
... involvement in the making of laws. EVEN THOUGH the concept EMERGED in the ancient political world, Aristotle and Plato were skeptical of democracy. They feared mob rule, an over-emphasis on short term benefits, and political chaos. Nonetheless, the IDEAL of democracy was born. ...
Perfect Democracy
... The word has many meanings, some dictatorships use the word to convince citizens that they live in a just system. Example:China still calls itself the “People’s Republic”. ...
... The word has many meanings, some dictatorships use the word to convince citizens that they live in a just system. Example:China still calls itself the “People’s Republic”. ...
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.