business historyAlexis De Tocqueville incorporated into his definition of modern democracy the concrete social and economic features of early-nineteenth-century democratic socidoi:10.2139/ssrn.1793983Choi, Daniel HSocial Science Electronic Publishing
How does a constitutional republic work? Does direct democracy work? How does federalism and democracy shape the American experience? Why is limited government important to democracy? Is a constitutional republic a democracy? Who makes the decisions in a democracy?
Britain’s new king, Charles III, will take the reins of this organization composed of former colonies. But the royal family’s leadership of the Commonwealth is no longer a given—here’s why.
Democracy was one of the most practised self-rule systems in the antique world of ancient Greece. The antique Greeks were the first to form this system, where the phrase democracy emanated from the Greek word "demos," which denotes people, and "Kratos," which indicates rule....
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vast differences in approaches to the control and containment of coronavirus across the world and has demonstrated the varied success of such approaches in minimizing the transmission of coronavirus. Whil
Articles Professionalization and its consequences: how active advocacy may undermine democracy Cecilia Stenling & Michael Sam Pages 577-597 | Received 22 Aug 2018, Accepted 22 Jun 2019, Published online: 17 Jul 2019 Cite this article https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2019.1637915 CrossMark In...
Peace is finally in sight in Afghanistan as the U.S.-Taliban deal was signed and intra-Afghan peace talks are slated to begin Tuesday in Oslo, Norway. Afghanistan is the only country in modern history that has been at war for almost half a century; it has been haunted ...
Thus, factors like differences in economic standing and state of democracy seem to partly explain the stark initial discrimination of African travellers, although taking them into account does not fully eliminate this discrimination between world regions. Even controlling for these factors, some world ...
challenge is the lack of funding and support for social studies and civic education. The U.S. spends roughly five cents per student per year on civic education, “a mere 1% of what we spend per year on STEM,” according to the civics education initiativeEducating for American Democracy. ...
It supports democracy and human rights in more than 100 countries. He’s given away more than $32 billion of his personal fortune to fund the foundation’s work around the world. Soros is also the founder and primary funder of the Central European University in Budapest, which is a ...