Class 9 Civics Democracy in Contemporary WorldChanging map of democracy Phases in expansion of democracy Democracy: The classic definition of democracy says that it is the government for the people, of the people and by the people (Abraham Lincoln). In other words, democracy is a form of ...
Shrivastava, MitikeShrivastava M (2012) Relevance of direct democracy in the contemporary world. Res J Human Soc Sci 3:100–106
Democracy, Education,Literacy and DevelopmentKwesi Kwaa PrahCASASCape TownKeynote Address; 10th Year Jubilee Celebrations of the Centre for International Education,University College of Oslo, 28th – 30th August, 2007.07.24IntroductionThe ideal of democracy has in our times, taken the world by storm...
While the US-led West continues to make the Chinese polity a bone of contention through its own lens of "democracy", the self-proclaimed "free world" makes no bones about its interest in China's priorities as a rising global power, albeit not lack of ill-intentioned speculations rooted in ...
Public deliberation has risen to the forefront of governance as a technique for increasing participation in policy making. Scholars and practitioners have also noted the potential for deliberation to give greater influence to historically marginalized po
Recent dramatic rises in the number of women elected to British parliaments have renewed critical interest in the significance of gender, and ways of theorising and researching women's political representation. However, the central role played by the media in contemporary politics is often neglected ...
in examining the gendered cultural narratives underlying the modern collective use of force. Her on-going research examines gender, race (particularly whiteness), militarism, and contemporary populism(s); gender and cybersecurity; and the politics of hypocrisy. Dr. Millar has also published on ...
Older readers ofNOLmay have noticed I have been absent from the blogosphere for the last four or so years. Part of this has been that I have rather intentionally taken a somewhat monkish vow of silence on many things that perplex me about the contemporary world. On many of these issues—...
In today’s world, where personality politics and propaganda often drown out facts, it's time to prioritize evidence-based decision-making. As Socrates wisely observed:"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people." ...
the foundations for a new kind of political system. Thisdemokratia, as it became known, was a direct democracy that gave political power to free male Athenian citizens rather than a ruling aristocratic class or dictator, which had largely been the norm in Athens for several hundred years before...