While democratic institutions need reform to build in dialogue between citizens and experts, they should not be bypassed. By cutting dialogue and diversity for concealed and unaccountable decision-making, “nudge” politics attacks democracy’s core. We should not give in to temptation – and save our benevolent med...
Margaret Mead famously observed: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Some of the ten steps described below may be too big for one person to take on in isolation, but many are exactly the...
or areas of OTF’s core focus are restricting the free flow of information, cutting access to the open Internet, and implementing censorship mechanisms, thereby threatening the ability of global citizens to exercise basic human rights and democracy; work focused on mitigation of such threats is als...
” said Fernando. “We cannot address climate change without governmental action and/or national level policies... We often talk about individual actions in terms of reduce, reuse, recycle etc. While this is critically important, I want to stress the important role citizens can play in the ...
Notably, Article 13 of the European Union Treaty of Amsterdam – signed by the European Union (EU) member states in 1997 – took effect in 1999. This gave the EU a mandate to require member states to protect citizens from discrimination on the grounds of sex, race or ethnic origin, ...
In Poland, people are more likely to participate in organizations having grassroots origins, initiated by individuals they know through their social network. This is due to the low level of citizens’ trust in all kinds of public institutions and authorities (WVS 2012, unpublished), suspected of ...
The United States electoral system is not a direct democracy, so in that sense one may argue that it is not democratic. It is also not proportional,...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts c...
In what ways do externalities cause market inefficiency? In what ways can the economic system of a country affect its citizens? Provide examples. What is the role of government? Explain the microeconomic and macroeconomic policies of the government. How are...
The solution then might be in reducing global population. This happens in advanced countries such as ours, where women have education and opportunity, with the choice of how they wish to live their lives. Population growth is rampant where women are treated as second class citizens, whose...
“citizensfromsmallstates”canparticipate. LarsvonTrier:protestagainstauthority.i.e.Hollywood. Dogma:counterpractice that changes the conditions/requirements for participating in filmmaking (40) “Inasmuch as Dogma 95 is informed by a concept of small nations, it presents itself as a national momen...