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So why does the Electoral College still exist, despite its contentious origins and awkward fit with modern politics? The party in power typically benefits from the existence of the Electoral College, says Edwards, and the minority party has little chance of changing the system because a constitutio...
and “found better human rights protectionsin countries that elect presidents who are supported by a majority of voters – which is something U.S. Electoral College does not guarantee.”
The Social Psychology of Corruption: Why It Does Not Exist and Why It Should[J] . Marina Zaloznaya.Sociology Compass . 2014 (2)Marina Zaloznaya. The Social Psychology of Corruption:Why It Not Exist and Why It Should [ J] . Sociology Com-pass, 2014, 8(2)....
WHY does your organization exist? WHY does it do the things it does? WHY do customers really buy from one company or another? WHY are people loyal to some leaders, but not others?§Starting with WHY works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Those...
What is the purpose of politics for John S. Mill, the philosopher? Alexis De Tocqueville: "What Democratic Nations Have to Fear" 1. For de Tocqueville, how does democracy make citizens like children of the state? 2. And how de Tocqueville's the idea of democratic despotism related to Spen...
This unfortunate energy story is essentially a physics problem. Energy per capita and, in fact, resources per capita, must stay high enough for an economy’s growing population. When this does not happen, history shows that civilizations tend to collapse. ...
“There is always a strong strain of thinking in American politics that people shouldn’t get government benefits who are undeserving,” said Wichita State University political science professor Neal Allen, “and you become deserving of government benefits by working.” ...
The bill also allows – but, notably, does not require – regulators to “prohibit any incentive-based payment arrangement”. This makes fat bonuses the norm unless a regulator has reason to prevent them. And as we witnessed last year, bank regulators tend not to disturb the status quo. The...
Similarly, although Socrates avoided participation in democratic politics, it is hard to imagine his idiosyncratic individualism, and the uncompromising self-assertion of his defense speech, without either wealth or birth to justify his privileges, occurring in any other political context. The Athenians...