The problem of assessing democratic decline
ITHACA—Democracy is inherently fraught. At its core lies the difficulty of translating individual preferences into a coherent social choice, a problem famously captured by Nobel la...
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ITHACA—Democracy is inherently fraught. At its core lies the difficulty of translating individual preferences into a coherent social choice, a problem famously captured by Nobel la...
Of all kinds of governments, the most difficult kind of government is constitutional democracy. This is because it requires full participation of the citizens. When practiced accor...
Democracy is more than just a system of government; it is a promise. In Nigeria, that promise carries deep meaning—born out of a long history of colonial rule, military interventio...
Challenges of Indian Democracy“Democracy is not just about voting; it is about participation, accountability, and responsibility.â€India is known as the world’s lar...
THE strength of any democratic society is that it thrives on protecting and enshrining into law the interaction of politics, economics and social pillars. In fact, this is the esse...
A recent Supreme Court decision threatens a core democratic principle.
BRIGHTON, UK, April 6 (IPS) - Urgent steps need to be taken to rebuild the relationship between citizens and state to stem the decline of democracy globally. Experts point to ineq...
A little electoral studies wonkery for Sunday morning contemplation.
Vermont's Democratic Party claims to champion inclusion — but a four-person committee, all of whom live in the same ward and two under the same roof, just decided who gets to be a...
The article addresses the interlinked problems of widespread voter ignorance, tyranny of the majority, and illiberal anti-democratic movements coming to power through elections.
How governments raise revenue, as in taxation versus slavery or external extraction, determines their accountability to citizens.
Nigeria’s democracy is increasingly under pressure, and the events unfolding in Rivers State are a painful reflection of a political system gradually drifting away from democratic...
If we were to identify the most sacrosanct dogma of Western modernity—the one that no one questions—it would undoubtedly be representative democracy. We automatically assume that i...
Let’s stop pretending: what Nigeria practices today hardly reflects the true essence of democracy. Instead, it increasingly appears to be a system carefully structured to keep a pr...
In the immortal words of Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, president pro tempore of the state senate: “Ten Fuckin’ One.”
'Our government is rooted in the consent of We the People,' retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer writes.
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