This world map shows democratic countries in 1975. Compared to the earlier map, the number of democratic countries has increased in this map. This was mainly because of freedom of many countries from colonialism. The end of colonialism resulted in the birth of many new nations during this ...
Samir Amin `The Issue of Democracy in Contemporary Third World' in Nyang'oro J E (ed) Discourses on Democracy: Africa in Comparative Perspective (, Dar-es-Salaam: Dar-es- Salaam University Press, 1996.S Amin, `The issue of democracy in the contemporary Third World', in Gills et al, ...
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—...
Democracy which means ‘rule by the people’ can be traced back to ancient Greece (over 3000 years ago) Democracy in the modern state emerges in the Seventeenth century in England The liberal democracies we have today have taken over 300 years to evolve, through the industrial ...
accountability was ‘responsibility.’ As the editor of a standard edition of The Federalist Papers notes, ‘[r]esponsibility is a new word that received its classic definition in the ratification debate [over the proposed Constitution of 1787] and, especially, in the pages of The Federalist. ...
ever denied that the aspirations and priorities deliberated at the "two sessions" truly mirror the key concerns of China. Given the global relevance of contemporary China, it's no exaggeration that no other legislative body in the world has ever grabbed so much global limelight when it convenes...
Another incoherence here is that while claiming extreme social openness and political commitment in the vein of the avant-garde’s impact on society, contemporary art—de facto—in its economic disposition happens to be part and parcel of post-Fordist alienated production. In other words, in narra...
of stable democracy.Lipset discussed the sphere of political man in the democratic society,elucidating the structural balance of integration of political society and civil society.Lipset's idea of the basic requisites of stable democracy makes sense in the construction of democracy in contemporary China...
In lieu of an , here is a brief excerpt of the content: Notes * This slightly revised article first appeared in Abbott, ed. (forthcoming). It was originally presented at the inaugural conference of the Center for the Study of Citizenship, Wayne State University, September 11 and 12, 2003...
The lakes, paddy fields and forests of the ancient village of Dutuwewa are a world away from Colombo’s high-rises and colonial buildings. As elsewhere, decisions taken by ‘old men’ in the corridors of power impact life here, just as these rural voters will impact politics nationally ...