Delegative or Liquid Democracy Although members of legislatures today are usually considered to represent those who elect them, some may con- sider themselves delegates--that is, individuals to whom voters have entrusted the power to act based on their superior experience, judgment, and knowledge--...
In government, we have two types of Democracies, we have the elite democracy and the popular democracy. The elite democracy believes that the power should rest on the few elite members of society that are chosen by the people. The popular democracy on the other hand, believes that the people...
All democracies are based on rule of the majority population; protections for minorities are not automatic with this type of government. The most typical form of democracy is a representative democracy, in which the people vote for politicians to represent their interests in the government. ...
Anunwritten constitutionis not contained in a single document and can exist partly in words and partly in writing. Such a constitution grows from years of experience and people's political behavior. The best example of this is the British Constitution. It does not exist in one document but can...
Lam also argued that liberal democracies need an ethical policy agenda with three priorities: to recognize the diversity of individuals; to deliberate and negotiate value trade-offs; and to promote public buy-in, trust, and compliance. Some emergent “Covid-19 personality ...
Russian bots have been identified to pretend to be English speakers and exhibit hostile attitudes towards political opponents and Western democracies, using persuasive information maneuvers to express skepticism and promote a lack of trust in the existing governments [36]. To identify whether an account...
rule the roost, there’s a need for people who have expert knowledge about the ethical implications of the actions of businesses. You could not only help your future employer avoid falling foul of the law, but you’ll be an important cog in the machinery of keeping our democracies healthy....
However, social rights to things like healthcare and higher education are not guaranteed in the US, as they are in other countries that refer to themselves as "Social Democracies." What does capitalism mean in simple terms? Capitalism is a system in which the means of production, money, ...
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In practice, regulators worldwide are only just beginning to implement measures to address the dominance of digital platforms and their negative impact on competition, as seen with initiatives like the EU Digital Markets Act and the US Digital Platform Commission Act (Heimburg & Wiesche,2023a; Pfe...