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Democracy and Leadership is a book by Irving Babbitt, first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1924. A new edition was published by Liberty Fund Inc. in 1979, with an introduction by Russell Kirk. A new edition was published by Liberty Fund Inc. in 1979, with an introduction by Russell Kirk.
The theme for the International Day of Democracy in 2014 is "Engaging youth on democracy". [10] [5] IPU has urged action and changes in mindset if disillusioned and alienated youth the world over are to be engaged in political decision-making. In its press release, IPU President Abdelwahad Radi said, "It is a cliché to always link youth to the ...
The victory of Western liberal states ending the Cold War inspired the hope that international relations could be guided by the ideals of democracy and the rule of law.In the early 1990s, a group of thinkers developed the political project of cosmopolitan democracy with the aim of providing intellectual arguments in favour of an expansion of democracy, both within states and at the global level.
In 2004, a World Social Forum and International workshop was held entitled "Democratization of Information: Focus on Libraries". The focus of the forum was to bring awareness to the social, technological, and financial challenges facing libraries dealing with the democratization of information.
The former Chancellor of Germany writes about two lives: her early years growing up under a Communist-controlled police state in East Germany, and her years as leader of a nation reunited ...
The participants adopted a Founding Statement [3] launching the World Movement "to strengthen democracy where it is weak, to reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and to bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered into a process of democratic transition." It is intended to unite the global ...
The first part is about the origin and constituents of liberalism, notably its cental idea of individual rights, which would have been alien to the ancient world in which democracy originated. The second part is a modern history of liberal and democratic movements, including their often turbulent interactions and the recent concept of liberal ...
Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world.