Category Archives: Democracy Politics

Democracy without Politics

xml feed TweetDemocracy without Politics In Western democracies today, politics and politicians are held in contempt by the majority of citizens. Steven Bilakovics argues that this disdain of politics follows neither from the discontents of our liberal political system nor from the preoccupations of a consumer society. Rather, extending Tocqueville’s analysis of the modern democratic [...]

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US-Backed Bahraini Forces Deport 2 American Peace Activists Acting As Human Rights Observers

Tweet democracynow.org – On Saturday, Bahrain arrested and detained two American citizens, Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath, for their role in recent protests. They were deported Sunday and returned to New York last night. Both Arraf and Sainath are human rights activists and members of the Witness Bahrain initiative, which places international observers in the [...]

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Contested Economic Institutions: The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

TweetContested Economic Institutions: The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) This book helps explain one of the most intriguing and politically salient puzzles in comparative political economy: why some countries have much higher unemployment rates than others. Contrary to new classical economics the focus is on explaining [...]

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David Graeber on the Occupy Wall Street Protest & Forgiving Debt of the American Poor

Tweet DemocracyNow.org – As President Obama prepares to outline a deficit-reduction plan that includes tax increases, as well as cuts to programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, anthropologist David Graeber proposes a radical solution: cancel the debt of the nation’s poor. “Debts between the very wealthy or between governments can always be renegotiated and always [...]

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Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World (Frank M. Covey, Jr. Loyola Lectures in Politial Analysis)

TweetChristian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World (Frank M. Covey, Jr. Loyola Lectures in Politial Analysis) Do Christianity and modern liberal democracy share a common moral vision, or are they opposed and even hostile to each other? In “Christian Faith and Modern Democracy”, Robert Kraynak challenges the commonly accepted view [...]

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The March of Tyranny [by Ben Garrison]

TweetThe March of Tyranny [by Ben Garrison] Image by Adam Crowe bengarrison.com/

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Democracy and Democratization: Processes and Prospects in a Changing World, Third Edition (Dilemmas in World Politics)

TweetDemocracy and Democratization: Processes and Prospects in a Changing World, Third Edition (Dilemmas in World Politics) What is democracy? What are the pitfalls and the positive potentials in the growing trend toward democratization? This book examines the prospects for democracy in the world today and frames the central dilemma confronting all states touched by the [...]

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Ten Thousand Democracies: Politics and Public Opinion in America’s School Districts (American Governance and Public Policy series)

TweetTen Thousand Democracies: Politics and Public Opinion in America’s School Districts (American Governance and Public Policy series) The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States, citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent their own values and interests. But are those interests and values [...]

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Virtual Politics: Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World

TweetVirtual Politics: Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World States like Russia and Ukraine may not have gone back to totalitarianism or the traditional authoritarian formula of stuffing the ballot box, cowing the population and imprisoning the opposition–or not obviously. But a whole industry of “political technology” has developed instead, with shadowy private firms and government [...]

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The Century Of The Self 4 of 4 | Four: Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering

Tweet Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. This series is a MUST SEE for all those who want to know the truth about the use of subliminal manipulation of the subconscious to induce the “buying of products” – be they consumer goods, policies, [...]

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