• As a result, many commentators insist that social democracy as a social movement and a political tradition has lost its vitality and is destined to wane as a political force in Western Europe. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • In its narrower sense, it denotes both the political party organized under Andrew Jackson , which called itself the American Democracy, and the program espoused by that party. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The broader connotation, taking its cue from Alexis de Tocqueville 's classic Democracy in America (1835), suggests an ethos and an era: the flowering of the democratic spirit in American life around the time of Jackson's presidency. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Andrew Jackson 's partisans (and some sympathetic historians) appropriated this broader meaning to themselves, counterposing the Democratic Party's democracy to the opposing Whig Party's "aristocracy. (encyclopedia.com)
  • As Nancy Bermeo reminds us, it is political leaders that end democracy, not angry publics or dysfunctional institutions. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • Amid rancorous debates over the presidential election and the shape of a new constitution, most Egyptians continue to want democracy, with two-in-three saying it is the best form of government. (pewresearch.org)
  • For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Politics and Democracy page and our Organic Transitions page . (organicconsumers.org)
  • WFD's initiatives include: helping protect women from violence in the Middle East , making politics more inclusive in Africa, consolidating democratic institutions in Asia and building trust in democracy across the Western Balkans . (internationaldisabilityalliance.org)
  • Nonetheless, South Africa's multiracial democracy offers a powerful example of what is possible with well-designed democratic institutions. (journalofdemocracy.org)
  • An introduction to the issues, concepts and institutions of contemporary politics in both Canadian and international contexts, inviting critical thinking on subjects such as power, citizenship, democracy, diversity, feminism and colonialism. (uregina.ca)
  • Yanina also shares her insights on how direct democracy can be a check on the power of the executive and legislative branches of government. (spotify.com)
  • Led by China, these nondemocratic regimes are showing themselves to be entrenched at home, even as they project influence beyond their borders in ways that corrode and undermine democracy and its institutions. (ned.org)
  • The smaller parties that were allowed to function merely added a façade of democracy to a de facto single party regime. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The number of parties is a threat to Tunisian democracy. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The crisis of the parties is turning into a crisis of democracy. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Parliamentarism in the swamps : A handful of top leaders of major parties decide every national issue in closed-door meetings , by Achyut Wagle (kp 15/08/2023) [ This is what the so-called political leaders mean by democracy! (nepalresearch.com)
  • Govt requests Prez for clemency to MP Chaudhary (rep), National Democracy Day to be celebrated for three days (rep 17/02/2023) [ Nepal is ruled by an oligarchy of male Khas Arya, especially male Bahun. (nepalresearch.com)
  • nlt 10/01/2023) [ A victory from the point of view of the old, long-failed political guard, but a heavy defeat for democracy! (nepalresearch.com)
  • The study of comparative politics has a lively and engaging body of scholars who are dedicated to understanding the potentials and limitations of democracy. (babson.edu)
  • Formally a federal democracy, Ethiopia is a highly centralised one-party state. (links.org.au)
  • Case in point: in 2005, Birtukan Mideksa, leader of Ethiopia's main opposition party, Unity for Democracy and Justice, contested the election that year, but lost under questionable circumstances. (links.org.au)
  • och "What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require? (lu.se)
  • However, coups d'états are not a panacea to the inability of democracy to deliver public goods and security to the people but are the very antithesis of a democratic culture. (lu.se)
  • However, the foundations of a political culture necessary to consolidate liberal democracy are still weak in most African states. (lu.se)
  • Political transitions and pressures - including the introduction of apartheid in 1948, anti-apartheid opposition, the transition to democracy, and corruption and governance failures - have alternately created political imperatives for reform, and constrained reform efforts. (bvsalud.org)
  • The party was able to return to power after the 2011 elections and four years later was able to win a plurality in the 2015 legislative election, winning 107 seats in the Assembly of the Republic in alliance with the CDS - People's Party, but being unable to form a minority government. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Democratic Alliance was dissolved in 1983, and in parliamentary elections that year, the PSD lost to the Socialist Party (PS). (wikipedia.org)
  • Additionally, BARMM is expected to hold its first parliamentary elections in 2022, hence the next three years of transition are crucial for the interim government to establish well-functioning democratic institutions and processes. (idea.int)
  • We brought in Professor Cheryl Saunders, a senior advisor on constitution-building, and Hadar Gumay, former chairman of the Indonesian Election Commission, to provide in-depth information on elections, political parties, parliamentary systems and federalism. (idea.int)
  • Nor was there any new dawn in last year's local elections when the government cravenly removed the stick and tried to replace it with a financial carrot, promising funding for an equality officer to every party which met the 30% quota of nominated candidates. (thejournal.ie)
  • For example, the 2021 local-government elections were the most competitive yet in the postapartheid era, defying early predictions of long-term, single-party domination. (journalofdemocracy.org)
  • We also study civil rights, political participation, and presidential elections. (uregina.ca)
  • The 2011 uprising marked the beginning of multiparty competition in Tunisia-the country had a de jure multiparty system since 1987, but the government party, the Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique (RCD) dominated all elections, banning potential competitors like the Islamist Ennahda Party. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • However, after the 2019 elections, the assembly elected as speaker Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Ennahda and one of the major political figures in the country, creating a third center of power, causing more tensions. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • They were essential to elections for the constituent assembly and in the formation of the troika, the three-party alliance that governed the country until 2013. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Electoral reform might be more foundational than Senate reform or anything in the Fair Elections Act, but at the same time the federal government is not currently required by law to hold a referendum before amending the Constitution Act. (macleans.ca)
  • The turmoil led to the meteoric rise of the new right-wing populist Brexit Party that triumphed in the European elections of May 2019, while both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, the main parties of government, performed poorly. (monthlyreview.org)
  • The project is based on quantitative content analyses of parties' election programs from more than 50 countries covering all free, democratic elections since 1945. (lu.se)
  • The process of democratization has been marred by the formation of political parties, rigging and winning elections, and state capture by a few elites. (lu.se)
  • Campaigns to remove term limits have faced unsuccessful protests in countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Burundi, Guinea, the Republic of Congo, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (lu.se)
  • Earlier today, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced the end of the most recent Ebola outbreak, three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu. (bvsalud.org)
  • Different levels of authoritarian politics in different phases of the last 8 years - the recent phase intertwined with the Covid-19 crisis - are analysed in terms of their impact on civil society frameworks. (degruyter.com)
  • The research question is how early stage authoritarian governments influence the space for civil society in well-developed democracies and how this process develops when conditions for society change. (degruyter.com)
  • During a period of rising authoritarian populism around the globe, South Africa stands out as a surprising democratic success story. (journalofdemocracy.org)
  • Over the past decade in particular, the pendulum of global politics has swung in the direction of authoritarian regimes, which are shaping the political environment in a manner that would have been unimaginable even a few years ago. (ned.org)
  • Authoritarian regimes and limited authoritarian government. (unibocconi.eu)
  • Describe the differences between democratic and authoritarian regime types. (unibocconi.eu)
  • That said, corruption continues to be a concern, particularly in the wake of several recent scandals which shook the country's traditional political establishment. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • Over and above the regional corruption investigations, Peru's current political climate is underpinned by deeper structural problems within the country's peculiar democratic framework, a hybrid presidential-parliamentary system prone to deadlock. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • Egyptians also want Islam to play a major role in society, and most believe the Quran should shape the country's laws, although a growing minority expresses reservations about the increasing influence of Islam in politics. (pewresearch.org)
  • To this end, over the past decade China has spent many of billions of dollars to shape public opinion and perceptions around the world in arenas typically associated with "soft power," a term coined by the American political scientist Joseph Nye and understood as the " ability to affect others by attraction and persuasion " or seen as a way to boost a country's positive image. (ned.org)
  • Tunisians no longer believe that parties can provide solutions for the country's problems and are again turning to the streets to seek redress of their grievances. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Many of the country's businesses are affiliated with the ruling party. (links.org.au)
  • These arguments are backed by this country's foundational liberal political approach to government, its belief that self-determination far exceeds anything other- or government-determined, and its extreme favor of autonomy. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, the country's political history has given rise to dominant ideas, values and ideologies that imbue health system reform with a particular social meaning. (bvsalud.org)
  • Party gaps are greatest in views of the executive branch, with nearly 80 points separating Democratic and Republican trust. (finchannel.com)
  • House Resolution 417 - brought in 2013 in the US Congress - sought to continue denying a US visa to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was sponsored by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. (dawn.com)
  • In the American case, there is ample evidence of such trends-from the Republican obstruction and gridlock in Congress to repeated attempts to shut the government down. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • Approximately three-quarters of the students who stopped and talked to these researchers self-identified as politically independent from the Republican or Democratic party, suggesting younger voters prefer nonpartisan politics. (ivn.us)
  • A total of 21 questions were asked including why students identified as independents, what they thought of the Republican and Democratic parties, and their knowledge of the electoral process. (ivn.us)
  • Other interesting findings include 71.3 percent agreeing or somewhat agreeing that their educational experience so far has made it seem as if the only way to participate in politics is as a Republican or Democrat. (ivn.us)
  • Students were near evenly split on whether the Republican and Democratic parties are government institutions or private organizations, and 81 percent of students were not aware that 40 percent of Americans now identify as independent. (ivn.us)
  • Unemployment trumps politics among their concerns by nearly fourfold, according to a January poll by the International Republican Institute. (iri.org)
  • The partisan divide over the size and scope of government remains as wide as ever: Support for smaller government endures as a Republican touchstone. (pewresearch.org)
  • Fully 80% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they prefer a smaller government with fewer services, compared with just 31% of Democrats and Democratic leaners. (pewresearch.org)
  • Only about a third of Republicans and Republican leaners see a major role for the federal government in helping people get out of poverty (36%) and ensuring access to health care (34%), by far the lowest percentages for any of the 13 issues tested. (pewresearch.org)
  • In virtually all situations, these Republican and Democratic leaners have far more in common with their partisan counterparts than they do with each other if combined into a single "independent" group. (pewresearch.org)
  • The Republican Party under President Donald Trump has come unmoored from classic conservative values and shows no interest in returning to them. (pearltrees.com)
  • Texas Democrats, for better or worse (and there has been plenty of both), are the institutional political voice of the state's working people, its now-majority minority population, and those institutions and programs - public education, social justice, environmental protection - that are either opposed by or simply not priorities for the state's Republican rulers. (austinchronicle.com)
  • At the local level, by contrast, the hard choices were in the Democratic primary, leaving only a few seriously contested general races - and none where we can honestly recommend the Republican. (austinchronicle.com)
  • Comparative Politics studies the politics of countries around the world. (uregina.ca)
  • This course presents a broad and in-depth overview of the state of the art in comparative politics, i.e., the scientific study of the functioning of political institutions. (unibocconi.eu)
  • Comparative politics is a core subfield of Political Science and International Relations. (babson.edu)
  • The course begins with an introduction to theories and methods of comparative politics, and a brief overview of basic concepts in political science such as different forms of government, electoral systems, and democratic systems. (babson.edu)
  • The course then discusses six central themes in comparative politics in Latin America: Party Systems and Political Representation, Economic Development and Inequality, Environmental Policies, Gender Policies, Regional Migration, and Foreign Relations. (babson.edu)
  • Forskningsgruppen Komporativ politik (Comparative Politics Research Group) täcker alla större forskningsområden inom området, inklusive institutioner, demokrati och politisk utveckling, partier och röstbeteende, politisk ekonomi, politisk psykologi, allmän opinion och allmän politik. (lu.se)
  • Comparative Politics Lunch Seminar: Esther Calvo, Lund University - Emotional Swings? (lu.se)
  • Until 1996, the PSD belonged to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and Liberal International. (wikipedia.org)
  • Two years after protests toppled Mr. Ben Ali, democratic reform is mired in political squabbling and economic malaise. (iri.org)
  • Institutions such as the police and courts still need reform, and a new constitution is due. (iri.org)
  • Just 20% say the federal government runs its programs well, and 59% say it is in need of "very major reform," up 22 percentage points since 1997. (pewresearch.org)
  • And we wanted to expose as impotent the formal liberal and governmental institutions that once made reform possible, institutions no longer equipped with enough authority to check the assault of corporate power. (organicconsumers.org)
  • With the evisceration of piecemeal and incremental reform-the primary role of liberal, democratic institutions-we are left defenseless against corporate power. (organicconsumers.org)
  • A sobering look at the push to reform health care, revealing the realities of American politics, the power of special interest groups and the role of money in policy making. (pearltrees.com)
  • This course focuses on modern Chinese politics, especially the post-Mao transition from revolution to reform. (uregina.ca)
  • By embracing China and other such regimes and encouraging their integration into the global economic system and key political institutions, Western powers hoped to encourage autocracies toward meaningful political reform. (ned.org)
  • Special attention is given to democratization and institutional change, the functioning of democratic regimes in developed and developing countries, and institutional reform. (unibocconi.eu)
  • written by Sundquist and others, they reflect his interest in such subjects as reform of the U.S. Constitution, the interaction of American political parties, and the efficient administration of government on all levels. (trumanlibrary.gov)
  • A day after the minister of democratic institutions had excited Conservatives with an interestingly worded response , the official Opposition pressed yesterday to mark a potential weakness in the government's promise of electoral reform: specifically, the Liberal side's reluctance to commit to a referendum before legislating some alternative to our first-past-the-post system. (macleans.ca)
  • Even the new constitution of 2008, which was the outcome of a four-year-long democratic reform process, clearly states that the state religion is Islam and only Muslims can acquire Maldivian citizenship. (lu.se)
  • The nature of these reforms, and the policy processes by which they are achieved, will depend on context-specific factors, including the history of reform efforts and the political imperatives driving reforms. (bvsalud.org)
  • South Africa's pursuit of universal health coverage through a National Health Insurance is the latest in a nearly 100-year history of health system reform efforts shaped by social and political realities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Democrats are currently far more likely than Republicans to trust the executive and legislative branches, given that Joe Biden is president and the Democratic Party controls both houses of Congress. (finchannel.com)
  • Sixty-two percent agreed or somewhat agreed that they are independent because they don't like political parties, and 90.7 percent believe the political parties' control of Congress is problematic. (ivn.us)
  • Despite his relative inexperience - having most notably served as the governor of the small region of Moquegua - President Vizcarra has already made progress in breaking the political deadlock in Congress and appears to have crossed political lines and achieved bipartisan support. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • Despite eventually losing the runoff vote to Kuczynski by a margin of 0.2%, or just over 40,000 votes, Keiko Fujimori's Fuerza Popular (Popular Force) party has since dominated the congressional vote, after initially securing an absolute majority with 73 out of 140 seats in the unicameral Congress. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • We examine the theoretical foundations of the American political system and the major institutions of American government, including Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. (uregina.ca)
  • In failing democracies, public trust in political institutions declines, and government can no longer fulfill the basic tasks expected of it. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • Liberal democracies across the world have been left in disarray, and occasional victories by establishment parties offer only temporary respite from its onslaught. (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
  • So as you press for Democratic change across the world, you are helping new democracies build free institutions they need to overcome the legacies of tyranny and dictatorship. (cnn.com)
  • Beijing's unexpected ability to carry out digital censorship, to use economic leverage to cow voices in the democracies, and more generally to influence democratic systems abroad has created a need for fresh ways of thinking about and dealing with this new situation. (ned.org)
  • In early 2019, the citizens of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in the Philippines voted in favour of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which began the transfer of power from the previous regional government to the newly formed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and hence ending the previous regional government of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). (idea.int)
  • Jackson practiced "rotation in office"-the periodic replacement of government officials, often on partisan criteria-and defended it as offering the chance for employment to all citizens alike and thus forestalling the creation of an officeholding elite. (encyclopedia.com)
  • While denial of equal opportunities for all citizens to participate in the political life of their country is a concern in many OSCE countries, the ethnic restrictions in the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina which deny Bosnian citizens the right to run for certain political offices is perhaps the most blatant example of this problem among the OSCE participating States. (csce.gov)
  • Over the last decade, the Texas GOP, led by Gov. Rick Perry, has consistently and expressly stood for 1) corporate business priorities to the neglect of working people and ordinary citizens, 2) indifference or antagonism toward public institutions (especially public education), 3) contempt for minorities and minority opinion on social values, and 4) disdain for any constitutional obligation of government to promote the general welfare. (austinchronicle.com)
  • Rather than being a permanent chamber of the same citizens, the proposed citizens' chamber consists of a number of citizens' assemblies that would convene for several months to deliberate and legislate on specific political issues. (spotify.com)
  • The goal of the citizens' chamber is to enable citizens to directly participate in legislative processes, to deal with controversial topics, to include the many different perspectives of citizens, while most day-to-day political negotiations would still be dealt with by the elected parliament. (spotify.com)
  • Rodan Bury works as an occupational therapist, and he is the coordinator of the initiative of the citizens' chamber and is passionate about community and bottom-up democratic approaches. (spotify.com)
  • When governments are accountable to their own citizens, when people are free to speak and assemble, when minorities are protected, then justice prevails and so does the cause of peace. (cnn.com)
  • More broadly, democratic societies depend on the press to hold the powerful to account, keep their citizens informed, and keep the processes of democratic communication and deliberation alive. (bc.edu)
  • The possibility for stakeholders, as well as other interested parties and citizens, to participate in the law-making process is a vital part of any democratic system. (lu.se)
  • This course examines the political, legal and economic dynamics that shape federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada. (uregina.ca)
  • A New Look at Federalism: The Import of Institutions. (lu.se)
  • But the ocean has never achieved the prominence within political debate that its centrality to our economies and societies merits. (maritime-executive.com)
  • Institutions are the rules of the game of our societies that direct our everyday lives in fundamental ways. (spotify.com)
  • Exploiting globalization and the opportunities presented by integration with open societies, these states are working to reshape the very institutions and arenas that welcomed them. (ned.org)
  • Under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party, China has established platforms abroad for educational, cultural, and other forms of influence within undemocratic and democratic societies alike. (ned.org)
  • TI is recognized as the 'corruption measuring' institution which observes and notes the level of corruption in societies worldwide. (lu.se)
  • Her research explores the politics of land inequality in Southern Africa. (journalofdemocracy.org)
  • Evan Lieberman is professor of political science and holds the Total Chair on Contemporary Africa at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (journalofdemocracy.org)
  • For example, the youthful civil society in Africa has become vigilant in guarding against the erosion of democratic principles and manipulation by the ruling elite. (lu.se)
  • The study aims to investigate how political factors such as government policies and economic development impact carbon emissions and subsequently affect the fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). (bvsalud.org)
  • Respondents also strongly supported structural political reforms, with 89.6 percent agreeing the FEC should include at least one independent and 94.3 percent stating that independents should be allowed to vote in all publicly-funded primaries. (ivn.us)
  • The Vizcarra administration's ability to leverage this bipartisan support to push through anti-corruption reforms and strengthen institutions in Peru's judicial system will be key to ensuring foreign investment inflows continue. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • WFD partners with UK political parties, parliaments, electoral and financial audit institutions to help over 30 developing countries make their governments fairer, more effective and accountable. (internationaldisabilityalliance.org)
  • Researchers, grass-roots political activists and politicians will join me on this journey of dissecting the struggle for fair representation in parliament, accountable executive governments, impartial justice, and direct democratic participation. (spotify.com)
  • After decades of relatively good cooperation of politics with many CSOs, from 2017 to 2019, a right-wing populist government brought about massive changes in the social climate, in civil society's political participation, and in the economic situation of critical organizations critical of the government. (degruyter.com)
  • Based on that, the effects of a right-wing populist government and those of both the following coalition and the pandemic will be analysed. (degruyter.com)
  • Representatives of the Civic Alliance and other groups suggest that all environmental projects should be signed not only by governments but also by such NGOs as the Ecological Group for Cooperation. (peacemagazine.org)
  • NGOs have been known for their role in gap filling for the government. (who.int)
  • A positive relation between the government and NGOs is an indispensable to help in reaching a higher level of health care provision and accessibility. (who.int)
  • This study aims at determining the factors affecting the relation between the government and NGOs working in the health sectors in Palestine for better health sector performance. (who.int)
  • A positive relation between governments and NGOs is indispensable to help improve health care provision increase accessibility to health services and achieve UHC. (who.int)
  • Political strategy doesn't have to center on electing officials, but it must impact the institutions of government. (labornotes.org)
  • The DOJ move is part of an effort to hunt down the government official or officials who leaked information to the AP about the foiling of a plot to blow up a passenger jet. (organicconsumers.org)
  • Most Ethiopians do not dare discuss politics for fear of harassment by local officials. (links.org.au)
  • It was a trying campaign, and the first time a presidential candidate was simultaneously accused of being a detriment to the institution of slavery and the abolitionist cause. (nps.gov)
  • After the War of 1812 , constitutional changes in the states had broadened the participatory base of politics by easing property requirements for suffrage and making state offices and presidential electors popularly elective. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The presidential election was a closely contested affair between two centre-right political blocs. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • A year ahead of the presidential election, the American public is deeply cynical about government, politics and the nation's elected leaders in a way that has become quite familiar. (pewresearch.org)
  • And while the presidential campaign has exposed sharp partisan divisions over immigration policy, large majorities of both Republicans (85%) and Democrats (80%) say the government should have a major role in managing the immigration system. (pewresearch.org)
  • And in defense of annoyed people, large parts of the argument consist of sweeping assertions unbacked by evidence, like the idea that 2020 will see "other minor party candidates joining the presidential race. (pearltrees.com)
  • Included among this material is information about Harriman's unsuccessful bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1956 and Clark's successful campaign for reelection to the Senate in 1962. (trumanlibrary.gov)
  • Algeria is a semi-presidential republic, where the President is head of state while the Prime Minister is the head of government. (algerianembassy.fi)
  • Proportional vs majoritarian electoral institutions: functioning and adoption. (unibocconi.eu)
  • They have decimated labor unions and other independent mass organizations, as well as having bought off the Democratic Party, which once defended the rights of workers. (organicconsumers.org)
  • This course is designed to help students establish a basic understanding of the history of war and peace, international relations theory, human security, international political economy, international law, and international organizations. (uregina.ca)
  • In 2013, however, the parties lost their influence on the political process, ceding the initiative to civil society organizations, and they never fully re-established it. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • With confidence in the elected Constituent Assembly and the parties at a low point, the initiative for solving the impasse passed to the civil society organizations in the Quartet for National Dialogue. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The book's analysis employs a constructivist approach within the field of political science and makes the case that international anti-hunger advocacy organizations do not converge around a common target actor who they all agree is responsible for hunger. (h-net.org)
  • In other words, if international advocacy organizations take a harsh stance by blaming the governments of countries that have high levels of hunger, they may find themselves unable to carry out their on-the-ground activities to address hunger within those countries. (h-net.org)
  • Here you will find links to political science institutions and departments at Swedish universities as well as international political science associations and organizations. (lu.se)
  • When carrying out its functions, the WHO FCTC Secretariat cooperates with the relevant departments of WHO, other competent international organizations and bodies, as well as non-governmental organizations accredited as observers to the Conference of the Parties (COP), the governing body of the Convention. (who.int)
  • Ed Miliband speaks at a British Labour Party campaign rally in May, 2015 (U.K. Labour Party photo). (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • PSD) is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal. (wikipedia.org)
  • By the letter of its party platform, the Liberal government is committed only to implementing changes to the electoral system-"We are committed to ensuring that 2015 will be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system"-after an "all-party" committee of parliamentarians has reviewed the options and made recommendations. (macleans.ca)
  • Yesterday, Monsef's parliamentary secretary, Mark Holland, told Evan Solomon's Everything is Political podcast that the Liberal plan for consultation "doesn't preclude" a referendum. (macleans.ca)
  • Many right-wingers in the PSD, including Aníbal Cavaco Silva, opposed participation in the PS-led government, and so, when Cavaco Silva was elected leader of the party on 2 June 1985, the coalition was doomed. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition to the general overview of China's political traditions, revolution, and political institutions, some specific topics will also be examined. (uregina.ca)
  • I would like to thank Chairman Schiff, Ranking Member Nunes, and the other esteemed members of the Committee for the opportunity and privilege of presenting testimony on the critical subject of the impact of China's influence on democratic institutions. (ned.org)
  • Through the Belt and Road Initiative and other forms of engagement, China's leadership is placing increasing importance on exerting influence and shaping the political operating environment overseas. (ned.org)
  • And what efforts-by journalists, scholars, civil society actors, and political leaders-are needed to make it a reality? (bc.edu)
  • These campaigns differ from human rights advocacy campaigns that are focused on advancing civil and political rights, which zero in on states as key actors responsible for upholding those rights. (h-net.org)
  • [2] But as Jurkovich points out, in the case of the right to food, advocacy campaigns typically follow what she terms a "buckshot" pattern, targeting multiple actors - including governments, corporations, financial speculators - as being responsible for both causing and addressing hunger. (h-net.org)
  • They have engaged in dialogue with the government and have often been involved in legislative processes. (degruyter.com)
  • As the transition has only just begun, International IDEA hopes to provide continued support to strengthen BARMM's democratic institutions and processes. (idea.int)
  • Mistrust of government is contagious, poisoning democratic processes. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • With Yanina Welp I discuss different ways of how direct democratic institutions have been applied in Latin American countries - both in fundamentally democratizing processes but also power grabbing incidents. (spotify.com)
  • Surmising (correctly) that a mere act of law would have little effect on ingrained habits among the parties unless affixed to it was a bloody great big stick, Section 42 provided that any political party which did not have at least 30% of its candidates of each gender at the next general election (then February 26, 2016) would have its state funding cut by half. (thejournal.ie)
  • If we were designing a way for unions to be involved in politics on a clean sheet of paper, would we choose to spend hundreds of millions of dollars and countless thousands of hours on millionaire candidates, financed by the super-rich and selected by party leaders who view unions as an embarrassment? (labornotes.org)
  • To nominate candidates and adopt platforms, Democrats perfected a pyramidal structure of local, state, and national party conventions, caucuses, and commit-tees. (encyclopedia.com)
  • An advantage of studying within SPIRE is that PhD candidates whose interests in politics or international relations intertwine with philosophical concerns, can receive supervision for a thesis covering some or all of these academic areas. (keele.ac.uk)
  • That means that, although we don't recommend a straight-ticket, with few exceptions we almost inevitably endorse Democratic candidates for state offices to start to undermine the current GOP monopoly. (austinchronicle.com)
  • Just as we are entitled and need to know what the qualifications of an individual are for any political office, and there are various types of information that candidates are requested to reveal (including their financial status and previous tax returns), we obviously have a vested interest in understanding what their medical status is, including medical history and any recurrent illnesses that they have. (medscape.com)
  • Since 2020, a new government of the conservatives and the Green Party has been in power. (degruyter.com)
  • Statlig förvaltningspolitik för 2020-talet - en forskningsantologi . (lu.se)
  • His part in founding the Democratic Party and accepting New York's governorship to assist Andrew Jackson in winning the presidency made him a favorite amongst some southern political circles. (nps.gov)
  • Through force of circumstance, most governments in most places will fail in one or more of these areas. (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
  • Investigative reporters turn a spotlight on abuses of power that governments fail to detect, and that other civil society groups-- from churches to athletic associations to film sets-are often unable, or unwilling, to resolve. (bc.edu)
  • Originally a social-democratic party, the PSD became the main centre-right, conservative party in Portugal. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Social Democratic Party was born on 6 May 1974, when Francisco Sá Carneiro, Francisco Pinto Balsemão and Joaquim Magalhães Mota publicly announced the formation of what was then called the PPD, the Democratic People's Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Democrático). (wikipedia.org)
  • The Social Democratic Party participated in a number of coalition governments in Portugal between 1974 and 1976, following the Carnation Revolution. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1979, the PSD formed an electoral alliance, known as the Democratic Alliance (AD), with the Democratic and Social Centre (now called the People's Party, CDS-PP) and a couple of smaller right-wing parties. (wikipedia.org)
  • Francisco Pinto Balsemão took over the leadership of both the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance, as well as the Prime Ministership, but lacking Sá Carneiro's charisma, he was unable to rally popular support. (wikipedia.org)
  • This convinced the Christian Social government that the social policies of "Red Vienna" were a luxury the country could not afford. (gresham.ac.uk)
  • For his government was not only opposed by the Social Democrats, it was also threatened by the paramilitary Heimwehr or Citizens's Defence Leagues, who were subsidized by Mussolini and formed a permanent source of political disorder. (gresham.ac.uk)
  • Over the past decade, social democratic parties across Western Europe have been in ignominious retreat. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Even where social democrats have attained governmental power, often in coalition with other parties, their experience has been unhappy and often quickly followed by defeat. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • Social democratic parties and governments are operating in particularly uncertain and volatile conditions, notably one of the most severe financial crises in the West's history. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • In Russia, for example, growing public worries about crime and social disorder, economic collapse, and national security paved the way for the rise of a leader who promised political order, economic growth, and strong government-in short, making Russia great again. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • Students have access to major institutions like the Carter Center, the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and more. (oglethorpe.edu)
  • During this period, much of the social democratic left of England and Wales moved toward the position of Remaining and Reforming the EU on the grounds that exiting would be disastrous for workers and the poor. (monthlyreview.org)
  • Indeed, the social democratic left was often reminiscent of Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, who thought of the EU as the embodiment of "Western political civilisation" no less. (monthlyreview.org)
  • QOGs objectives is to address the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained, and to study the effects of Quality of Government on a number of policy areas, such as health, the environment, social policy, and poverty. (lu.se)
  • B. F. Skinner's work encompasses epistemological concerns, including discussions about methodology and truth criteria, along with political and social ones, concerning the relationship between science and society. (bvsalud.org)
  • Her research focuses on contemporary uses of the Bible in social and political contexts, with a focus on debates about migration and about male circumcision. (lu.se)
  • Furthermore, the additional social benefits resulting from local government supervision and governance are key factors in green transformation management, while the negative social effects of industrial enterprises not rectifying their actions are noteworthy. (bvsalud.org)
  • Legitimacy relates to the extent to which a government has justly acquired and is trusted to exercise power. (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
  • Central issues such as justice, political authority, freedom, equality, sovereignty and democratic legitimacy will be explored in the ideas of some of the major figures in the history of political theory from ancient to modern times. (uregina.ca)
  • From a democratic perspective, as Joana Mendes has pointed out, this question is of very high political relevance and "ought to place the legitimacy of the procedures followed for the adoption of these acts at the core of the discussion of the legitimacy of the Union" (2016, p. 238). (lu.se)
  • Under Jackson and his adviser and successor Martin Van Buren , Democrats pioneered in techniques of party organization and discipline, which they justified as a means of securing the people's ascendancy over the aristocrats. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In 1979, the PSD allied with centre-right parties to form the Democratic Alliance and won that year's election. (wikipedia.org)
  • Just as the rise of Victor Orbán in Hungary was preceded by the collapse of the party system, so too was the rise of Hitler and Mussolini foreshadowed by prolonged parliamentary paralysis. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • epal's parliament becomes opposition-less : In the parliamentary system, the role of an opposition party is considered crucial to follow the principle of check and balance. (nepalresearch.com)
  • Remarkably few of the world's governments contain ministries of the ocean (South Korea and Canada are rare exceptions). (maritime-executive.com)
  • Political parties rarely campaign on ocean-related issues, and seldom give the fate of the world's largest ecosystem pride of place within their campaigns and manifestos. (maritime-executive.com)
  • The G7 countries are the world's economic and political leaders. (bvsalud.org)
  • Identify the consequences in terms of governance and economic performance of different types of political institutions. (unibocconi.eu)
  • Making Democratic Governance Work. (lu.se)
  • While there cannot be a one-size-fits-all explanation for the proliferation of coups, the causal factors include poverty, insecurity, poor governance, including endemic corruption and economic mismanagement, infrastructural deficit, poor socio-economic systems and institutions, and frustrated youths. (lu.se)
  • When it comes to women in politics, the playing-pitch has been seriously unbalanced since the foundation of our parliament, particularly at the cabinet table. (thejournal.ie)
  • Most (56%) also have a positive opinion of the Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the largest party in the newly elected parliament. (pewresearch.org)
  • The people of Afghanistan have elected their first Democratic parliament in more than a generation. (cnn.com)
  • It would thus seem possible that the all-party committee could return to Parliament with a suggestion that a referendum be held. (macleans.ca)
  • In January 2015, he was elected to the Greek Parliament with the incoming Syriza government, but left in August 2015 when the third bailout was signed. (monthlyreview.org)
  • In 2019, the political mechanisms of Britain spectacularly misfired as former Prime Minister Theresa May was unable to push her proposed deal with the EU through Parliament and eventually had to resign. (monthlyreview.org)
  • After the 1983 general election, the party formed a grand coalition with the Socialist Party, known as the Central Bloc, before winning the 1985 general election under new leader Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who shifted the party to the right. (wikipedia.org)
  • The party was returned to power under José Manuel Durão Barroso in 2002, but was defeated in the 2005 election. (wikipedia.org)
  • Presumably the journalist was too busy covering the election and analysing the outcomes across the national airwaves to thank him profusely for his insightful explication of the democratic process. (thejournal.ie)
  • There have been some suggestions that our own unexpected election result with the shift to minor parties suggests we are going down the Brexit and Trump path. (bca.com.au)
  • We have also seen this, unfortunately, in the United States in the 1973 Democratic election. (medscape.com)
  • Three trends of backsliding constitutionalism on the continent have exposed the fragility of democratic institutions. (lu.se)
  • Trust in state and local governments has been more stable historically than trust in the three federal branches. (finchannel.com)
  • By contrast, there are minor party gaps in the ratings of state and local governments. (finchannel.com)
  • This study builds an evolutionary game model for industrial enterprises, local governments, and the central government, analyzing the dynamic interactions among vertical decentralization, environmental regulation, and enterprise pollution. (bvsalud.org)
  • Moreover, in the context of vertical decentralization, financial incentives provided by the central government to local governments become critical drivers for promoting green transformation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Outsider-politicians exploit public disgust with politics, attack their opponents in personal rather than policy terms, make grandiose promises, and talk of a return to the good old days by restoring the culture, society, and status of the past. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • And by establishment I mean politicians, major political parties, big business, the media and the commentariat. (bca.com.au)
  • Not playing their part : There is a lack of effort in clearing the now three-week-long House obstruction (kp 18/08/2023) [ KP Oli has repeatedly proved that he is the biggest anti-democrat among all the little democratic so-called top politicians in the country! (nepalresearch.com)
  • Through this workshop, more than 50 participants discussed political party organization in post-conflict situations, understanding the challenges and opportunities for political parties and brainstorming action plans for party building in the BARMM. (idea.int)
  • The Independent Voter Project (IVP) and its sister organization the Foundation for Independent Voter Education (FIVE) published IVN, to be a new kind of news network and provide unfiltered political news and policy analysis from across the political spectrum. (ivn.us)
  • The quartet was a self-appointed, non-representative organization, but the political parties were at a loss, so they acquiesced. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Yet both Republicans and Democrats favor significant government involvement on an array of specific issues. (pewresearch.org)
  • Moreover, while majorities of Republicans favor a major government role in ensuring a basic income for people 65 and older (59%), protecting the environment (58%) and ensuring access to high-quality education (55%), much larger shares of Democrats - 80% or more in each case - favor a large government role. (pewresearch.org)
  • Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali argued that the Ennahda-led cabinet should step aside in favor of a broader one, but he was rebuffed and resigned from the party. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • For three years after the referendum of 2016 that resulted in a narrow majority of votes in favor of leaving the EU, the Conservative Party (Tory) government fell into a state of near paralysis, failing to implement the decision to leave. (monthlyreview.org)
  • Transitions: A New Dataset", Perspectives on Politics 12:2, 313-331. (lu.se)
  • The small gap in trust in state government obscures partisan differences tied to the party of the governor of a state and the respondent's own party identification. (finchannel.com)
  • An examination of the ideas of major figures in early modern political thought such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau with a view to exploring the differences between ancient and modern political thought, and the origin of the modern idea of the state, conceptions of the individual, and the nature of community. (uregina.ca)
  • There was a thirst for new styles in politics, flamboyant rhetoric, and a willingness to gamble. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • It explores questions of justice, rhetoric/political speech, the Greek concept of the good life, and considers ancient theories of virtue and the best political order for human beings. (uregina.ca)
  • This rhetoric seemed somewhat surprising, as the state sees itself as the principal custodian of Islam in the archipelago, and as the government neither had any intention nor any legal ground to change that. (lu.se)
  • This paper examines this tension by discusses the largely taken for granted notion of Maldivian Muslim nationalism, while focussing on the religious-nationalist rhetoric surrounding the controversial transfer of government in 2012. (lu.se)
  • Other political science scholars in the constructivist vein have modelled advocacy campaigns for civil and political rights, demonstrating "boomerang" and "spiral" patterns of advocacy, which target the state where human rights abuses occur as the actor who needs to change its behavior. (h-net.org)
  • Its objectives are to promote the advancement of political science through the collaboration of scholars in different parts of the world. (lu.se)
  • These references raise questions, not only about the continuing political relevance of the Bible, but also about the task of Biblical Scholars to engage with the Bible's relevance in today's political climate. (lu.se)
  • That President Obama and the national Democratic Party practically boycotted the Wisconsin struggle is only one more proof. (labornotes.org)
  • At the same time, national and local political efforts should feed off each other. (labornotes.org)
  • Educational efforts, independent efforts like the Green Party, and struggles within the Democratic Party may all contribute to a national political movement down the road. (labornotes.org)
  • When Van Buren moved from state to national politics, he immediately set out to create new alliances. (nps.gov)
  • A new national survey by Pew Research Center, based on more than 6,000 interviews conducted between August 27 and October 4, 2015, finds that public attitudes about government and politics defy easy categorization. (pewresearch.org)
  • Emphasis is placed on national institutions and events. (uregina.ca)
  • An examination of the institutions and events that shape national politics in Canada, how power is exercised and political decisions are made. (uregina.ca)
  • Our national and state politics have become so ideologically polarized, there is very little opportunity - or reason - to "judge the candidate, not the party. (austinchronicle.com)
  • types of executives and delegation of policymaking to bureaucrats and sub-national governments. (unibocconi.eu)
  • As Georgia's capital, and a cultural epicenter of the southeast, Atlanta is home to significant political activity - local, national, and international. (oglethorpe.edu)
  • and correspondence, speech drafts, press releases, and other documents pertaining to his work during the 1950s and early 1960s as an assistant to Democratic National Committee Chairman Stephen Mitchell, Governor W. Averell Harriman of New York, and Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania. (trumanlibrary.gov)
  • Dozens of parties now exist on paper and over twenty are seated in the 217-member National Assembly. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Jurkovich contends that because the right to food sits at the nexus of development and human rights, it is difficult for advocacy groups to take the same kind of name/blame/shame approach towards national governments seen in the case of civil and political rights campaigns because those same advocacy groups are also often engaged in operational activities within the countries experiencing hunger. (h-net.org)
  • The field has developed many interesting areas of research focusing on the comparison of political systems, national institutions, gender rights, environmental issues, and economic development. (babson.edu)
  • The fact that the two most important 19th century secular ideologies that still dominate our contemporary world, namely communism and liberalism, pose as trans-or inter-national modes of political practice shows that nationalism is always to be understood in relation to "the other" and "to the world. (lu.se)
  • Any views expressed would therefore be those of the Board, not of their national governments. (who.int)
  • Collections of political and institutional data. (lu.se)
  • CSOs in Austria have traditionally been deeply involved in political decision-making and welfare state arrangements. (degruyter.com)
  • In this deeply divided political system, tensions ran high, and frequently boiled over into political violence, most notably in the riots of 1927, when crowds burned down the Palace of Justice and 90 demonstrators were shot dead by the police. (gresham.ac.uk)
  • The challenge now for the new government is how to go about doing that without coming to deeply regret ever having made the commitment. (macleans.ca)
  • Declining trust in the executive branch since 2006 is largely attributable to a drop among independents during George W. Bush's second term in office and an ongoing decline in trust among those who identify with the opposition party to the president. (finchannel.com)
  • A party of the centre-right, the PSD is one of the two major parties in Portuguese politics, its rival being the Socialist Party (PS) on the centre-left. (wikipedia.org)
  • Capitalism itself is undergoing major structural changes: The rate of technological innovation and the decline of industrial-era mass production imply that advanced economies are on the brink of a "third" disruptive industrial revolution, undermining established political and economic institutions. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • In many instances of democratic collapse, there was a decline in tolerance, as publics grew more polarized, more locked into their own views and into networks of like-minded people, and more distrustful of and angry at each other and the government. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • Even Ennahda, once a well-organized party with a clear ideology, is facing a crisis of leadership and is torn between its president's drive to rebrand it as a "Muslim Democratic Party" and its deep Islamist roots. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The poll finds Americans are much more trusting in their state (57%) and local (67%) governments than in any branch of the federal government. (finchannel.com)
  • On average, a combined 79% of Republicans and Democrats living in a state with a governor from their own party have a great deal or fair amount of trust in their state government. (finchannel.com)
  • Martin Van Buren's successful career was cemented early on with the formation of the Albany Regency, a political group he helped found that controlled New York state politics until the Civil War. (nps.gov)
  • Again following Jeffersonian tradition, the Democratic Party embraced anticlericalism and rigorous separation of church and state . (encyclopedia.com)
  • after some of us see stalwart Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett at the top of the ballot, voters will descend (depending on their districts) to roughly the 20th race listed - state senator, District 14 - before they recognize a Democratic candidate (Kirk Watson), likely to be re-elected. (austinchronicle.com)
  • Algeria is a multi-party state. (algerianembassy.fi)
  • The nation-state is undoubtedly the most important political formation in the world today. (lu.se)
  • State Capacity Redux: Integrating Classical and Experimental Contributions to an Enduring Debate", Annual Review of Political Science 21, xx-yy. (lu.se)
  • The adoption of the law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Combating Corruption" - № LRU-419 dated January 3, 2017, has become an important factor in combining the efforts and interest of state bodies and civil society institutions for starting joint work in corruption eradication. (lu.se)
  • Although the party divisions in trust in the legislative and judicial branches are comparatively small, the 42-point gap in ratings of the judicial branch is the largest Gallup has measured, and the 29-point gap in ratings of the legislative branch is four points below the 2009 record. (finchannel.com)
  • Georgia's legislative and governor's intern programs offer opportunities for politics students to get a personal glimpse of the inner workings of government. (oglethorpe.edu)
  • and documents compiled by Sundquist after his retirement from the Brookings Institution in 1985. (trumanlibrary.gov)
  • As such, the political instability following Kuczynski's resignation must be understood in the wider context of broad regional corruption and transparency developments. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • Generations later, like most African nations, Ethiopia is suffering under corrupt and incompetent government and political instability. (links.org.au)
  • What is democratic citizenship education? (lu.se)
  • What does it mean to educate for democratic citizenship? (lu.se)
  • And if not, is the implication that democratic citizenship is not for everyone? (lu.se)
  • An ABC of Democratic Citizenship. (lu.se)
  • The core issues through which the party defined its membership and philosophy concerned economic policy. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Despite economic difficulties and political uncertainty, Egyptians remain upbeat about the course of the nation and prospects for progress. (pewresearch.org)
  • For Yahyaoui, the example of that revolt offers hope today that Tunisians will re-engage in politics - after all, the protests that ousted Ben Ali began over economic grievances. (iri.org)
  • Political leaders over the decades have had little to no experience in the political arena, "voted in" undemocratically, uncontested by opposition and supported by various Western countries with a vested economic interest. (links.org.au)
  • With its high levels of economic inequality and its recent history of political scandals, Latin America can be regarded as a heartland of populism. (lu.se)
  • The focus of political organizing has to be identifying, reducing, and then eliminating the power of the class of people who control the corporations, rake off giant wealth for themselves, and restructure jobs for still-greater profits, at the expense of most of the population. (labornotes.org)
  • There are competing philosophical accounts of what constitutes a legitimate government, and different cultural traditions have their own profound stories about what makes a ruler's power legitimately acquired and exercised. (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
  • This, along with measures such as the use of the Espionage Act against whistle-blowers, will put a deep freeze on all independent investigations into abuses of government and corporate power. (organicconsumers.org)
  • In Italy, the heirs of the fascist party stand on the brink of power. (bc.edu)
  • When the Ethiopian People's Revolution Democratic Front (EPRDF), whose members mostly came from the former Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), came to power in 1991 it promised to democratise the country. (links.org.au)
  • Power and Politics, Major Works. (lu.se)
  • Dealing with similar topics, Paul Feyerabend deconstructed the idea of a universal scientifi c method, denounced an oppressive potential of science, and claimed for scientifi c knowledge to have no inherent preference over other forms of knowledge to access to institutions of power. (bvsalud.org)
  • Putschists have exploited these democratic deficits to assume the status of savior and seize power. (lu.se)
  • A totalitarian government was in power when psychiatric diagnoses and confinement to mental institutions were used as political instruments against dissidents. (medscape.com)
  • However, less than two years into his term in office, President Kuczynski resigned in the face of mounting pressures from political opponents amid accusations of corruption. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • This is an advanced level course, focused on contemporary Latin American politics. (babson.edu)
  • He has published on biblical reception, political theology and Latin American Christianity. (lu.se)
  • Finally it dawned on the political establishment that for various reasons the playing pitch wouldn't level itself, and the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill was passed in 2012, introducing an electoral gender quota into the Irish political system. (thejournal.ie)
  • Today Tunisia's constituent assembly approved a new cabinet lineup that the ruling Ennahda (Al Nahda) party hopes will resolve deadlock over its sway within the coalition government. (iri.org)
  • But while Ennahda says many new faces are independents, it still failed to convince opposition parties to join the coalition. (iri.org)
  • This was the last time Ennahda controlled the government. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Overwhelming numbers of Republicans and Democrats say the federal government should have either a major or minor role on all 13 issues tested. (pewresearch.org)
  • Throughout most of this report, Republicans and Democrats include independents and other non-partisans who lean toward the parties. (pewresearch.org)
  • Deeming themselves preservers of the Jeffersonian legacy, Democrats demanded simple, frugal, and unintrusive government. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Democrats resisted the hegemonizing impulses of the nation's powerful interdenominational (but primarily Presbyterian-Congregational) benevolent and philanthropic associations, and they denounced the intrusion into politics of religious crusades such as Sabbatarianism, temperance, and abolitionism. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Jackson and the Democrats cast their party as the embodiment of the popular will, the defender of the common man against the Whig "aristocracy. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Fully 72% of Democrats and Democratic leaners say the government should have a major role in helping people out of poverty, and 83% say it should play a major role in ensuring access to health care. (pewresearch.org)
  • In several areas, Democrats and Republicans give the federal government similar ratings: Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans say it does a good job of responding to natural disasters (82% and 78%, respectively) and setting fair and safe standards for workplaces (79% and 77%, respectively). (pewresearch.org)
  • The Occupy movement brought this perspective out from the fringes of American politics. (labornotes.org)
  • It was a volatile time in American politics. (nps.gov)
  • To those who view American politics as exceptional, Trump is an anomaly that is difficult to explain. (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
  • The printed materials in the collection include articles written by Sundquist or quoting his opinions on American politics and government. (trumanlibrary.gov)
  • Covid-19 slowed our world down enough to reveal the stagnant inequalities, growing polarization, backsliding democratic institutions, and retreating federal government that weigh heavily on American political life today. (bc.edu)
  • American Political Science Review 93, s. 609-624 (15 s. (lu.se)
  • American Journal of Political Science 51(1), 92-107. (lu.se)
  • Worldwide, there are increasing obstacles to reliable political communication, and breaking through disinformation and distrust in politics, science, and institutions has become ever more difficult. (bc.edu)
  • Since the end of the Cold War, the democratic West has placed special emphasis on the idea of integrating nondemocratic regimes into the rules-based international order. (ned.org)
  • LASA is a professional Association for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America. (lu.se)
  • Chevron is the biggest foe of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, the labor-community coalition that is continually besting the corporate giant that used to dominate city politics. (labornotes.org)
  • However, the Egyptian Bloc, a mostly secular coalition of political parties, is not popular - just 38% assign it a positive rating. (pewresearch.org)
  • Greater amounts of interdisciplinary research that look at qualitative changes in our political culture should be encouraged. (ivn.us)
  • A variety of measures and public interventions are required to fulfil these needs, including cultural recognition by a state's institutions and the story it tells about itself. (prospectmagazine.co.uk)
  • Through this partnership, Oglethorpe students have the opportunity to study politics and complete internships in our nation's capital, Washington, DC. (oglethorpe.edu)