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Bernard Manin believes that both representative and direct democracy promote "rule of the people," but that elections lead to the "rule of the aristocratic". Manin explains that in direct democracies , virtually every citizen has the chance to be selected (sometimes at random ) to populate the government but in modern republics, only elites ...
Against Democracy is a book by American political philosopher Jason Brennan. It contains the writer's critical perspectives on democracy , a form of government in which the rights to rule are evenly given to every citizen, and argues for its replacement by the more limiting epistocracy , where such rights are achieved by the knowledgeable.
The Case for Democracy is a foreign policy manifesto written by one-time Soviet political prisoner and former Israeli Member of the Knesset, Natan Sharansky. Sharansky's friend Ron Dermer is the book's co-author. The book achieved the bestsellers lists of the New York Times, Washington Post and Foreign Affairs.
Small and Singer define democracy as a nation that (1) holds periodic elections in which the opposition parties are as free to run as government parties, (2) allows at least 10% of the adult population to vote, and (3) has a parliament that either controls or enjoys parity with the executive branch of the government. [27]
Electoral integrity refers to the fairness of the entire voting process and how well the process protects against election subversion, voter suppression, and other threats to free and fair elections. The consequences of unfree or unfair elections can include doubts in the legitimacy of the outcome, loss of faith in the democratic system, and ...
The state and national Democratic parties sued Monday to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia's State Election Board that could be used by county officials who want to refuse to certify an ...
"One Man One Vote" protest at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1964, when delegates of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party attempted to be seated; they had been excluded from the regular Democratic Party of the state and general voting by Mississippi's racial segregation and discriminatory voter registration practices.
Bill Gates discusses his book "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)