The Athenian democracy was direct, rather than representative, meaning that Athenian men themselves made up the Assembly. Because there were no population censuses, we don’t know exactly how many Athenian men there were in the 5th century B.C., but historians have commonly estimated the number...
Democracy and growth: The channels The democracy-growth channels involve many of the ‘usual suspects’ studied in the empirical growth literature. These are variables directly or indirectly associated with the exercise of governmental power. It will become clear that we view democracy as a political...
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Below the large, 23-member Cabinet, the Westminster system has traditionally operated one of the most elaborate committee systems of any liberal democracy. All relevant Cabinet departments sit on related committees, but in the past there were many more committees, arranged in a...
Letting the sun shine in – for a while: why (most) US presidents embrace openness Submarine May can’t slip back under the waves. Keeping Brexit negotiations secret is impossible Posted in:The UK's Changing Democracy: The 2018 Democratic Audit...
In a democratic society, the most obvious criticism is that there is an inherent tension between technocracy and democracy. Technocrats often may not follow the will of the people because by definition they may have specialized expertise that the general population lacks. Technocrats may or may no...
This region's combination of low breadth scores and low intra-regional integration reflects a pattern where many countries connect primarily with specific countries outside of the region. Countries in the northern part of this region, especially those in Central America and the Caribbean, tend to ...
What’s 2.1% between two countries divided by a common language, you say? Well, over the long-term such small differences really do add up: A U.K. investor who reinvested all her dividends since 1900 would have multiplied her portfolio 341 times over. ...
For the SPD, it is essential that people who are persecuted or have to leave their home countries because of wars or civil wars not only find a new home with us. We want to help them quickly learn our language and attend our schools and universities—because only then can they find work...
In a world where peace, development, equity, justice, democracy, and freedom become the common values of humanity, countries and regions have chosen different paths to modernization, which are rooted in their unique and long civilizations.