Rural health care and job training top a list of priorities set by a group of 175 Pennsylvanians who gathered last month at a ...

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The results of those explorations, and their potential for the future, are presented in his new book,"Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy ... in small groups composed of representative samples ...

It is clear that a democracy and a republic can coexist quite comfortably — and indeed must if we are to avoid the fate of other so-called republics that claim to be for the people but are not ...

In the introduction to their 2011 book, The Future of Representative Democracy, Sonia Alonso, John Keane, and Wolfgang Merkel note that Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of representative democracy, ...

“Democracy in Africa has failed because, in context and content, it is not Africa. It does not have any aspect of our culture, our way of life, what we stand for, what we believe,” Obasanjo said.

A more complete learning would show that Donald Trump has less understanding and respect for the representative democracy established by our Constitution than nearly any president in our history.

Americans worry about democracy — particularly the ‘representative’ part New polling shows that, given a slate of elements of democracy, Americans are least confident that elected leaders ...

But a representative democracy is predicated on two fundamental assumptions. One is that the government that emerges from such a democracy reflects the genuine will and consent of the majority of ...

The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, that was tabled in the Lok Sabha, proposes simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and State/Union Territory Legislative ...

Democracy is a simple concept: People exercise their collective agency to rule themselves so they can ensure their own well-being. Democracy is the opposite of autocracy, serving as a disavowal of ...

The key thing to remember is this: representative democracy is not all about the presidency. We — you, me, our fellow citizens — are responsible for the future of both our neighborhoods and ...