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- Court ruling undermines education
- The California Appellate Court has dispelled the notion that we are concerned with quality education in this state by its decision to permit parents with no apparent qualifications or expertise to home school their children. In arguing that the state allows private schools to hire uncredentialed teachers,...
- Research articles 2008-08-15
- In shadow of Olympics, Myanmar mourns failed '88 uprising
- BANGKOK AFP — As China celebrates the start of the Olympics on Friday with much fanfare, activists in neighbouring Myanmar will silently mourn the bloody end of an uprising that crushed their dreams of democracy 20 years ago. In August 1988, cities and villages across the country then known...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Bangladesh goes to first polls since emergency
- DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh was to hold local elections on Monday, its first polls since a state of emergency was imposed last year and a key step in plans by the army-backed government to restore democracy by the end of 2008. Voting for four city and nine town councils...
- Research articles 2008-08-03
- Myths and realities; the democratization of Thai politics
- Myths and realities; the democratization of Thai politics. Tamada, Yoshifumi. Kyoto University Press 2008 356 pages $79.95 Hardcover Kyoto area studies on Asia; v.15 DS586 Yoshifumi (political science, Kyoto University) has revised and updated his 2000 Japanese edition for this English...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Friends in High Places: Congressional Influence on the Bureaucracy in Chile
- ABSTRACT Chile presents a paradox for legislative studies. In most comparative research on the political power of presidents and assemblies in Latin America, the Chilean presidency is considered one of the most powerful in the region. The country's congress is seen, accordingly, as weak and lacking influence over public policy....
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Executive-Legislative Deadlocks in the Dominican Republic
- ABSTRACT This study analyzes the causes of executive-legislative deadlocks in the Dominican Republic in the period 1978-2005. Deadlocks are considered a pernicious element in presidential democracies. The study applies a combination of simple statistical techniques and process tracing to test four institutional hypotheses, which argue that certain institutional and party...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- McCain renews support for Brazil on UN Security Council: report
- SAO PAULO AFP — US presidential hopeful John McCain backs Brazil's inclusion on the UN Security Council and in an expanded G8, and would bump Russia from the exclusive club of leading world economies, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday. McCain "supports a permanent seat on the UN Security Council...
- Research articles 2008-06-15
- Robert Kagan: Why Should Democracy Be Shy?
- We gave to look at international relations a a competition, because Russia and China already see it that way. Robert Kagan believes a war is coming. Not necessarily one with guns and bombs, but his new book argues that a fundamental global divide is emerging between liberal democracies and...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Goddess of Democracy at Congress on Tiananmen anniversary
- WASHINGTON AFP — Against the backdrop of a Goddess of Democracy statue, US lawmakers, human rights groups and dissidents converged on Capitol Hill Wednesday to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square bloody massacre, calling for the release of all political prisoners in China. "Today we remember the heroes of Tiananmen...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- Commencement address at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- May 28, 2008 Thank you. Mr. Secretary, thank you for the kind introduction. General Moseley, General Regni, Mr. Congressman, thank you Academy staff and faculty, distinguished guests, and proud family members: I am so pleased to stand before the future leaders of the United States Air Force. I...
- Research articles 2008-06-02
- In a Christian Century interview, Nicholas Wolterstorff, longtime professor of philosophical theology at Yale, says: "I don't agree, then, with the view of many political theorists that when making up our minds about political issues or debating them
- In a Christian Century interview, Nicholas Wolterstorff, longtime professor of philosophical theology at Yale, says: "I don't agree, then, with the view of many political theorists that when making up our minds about political issues or debating them in public, we have to appeal to some...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Interview with Richard Engel of NBC news in Sharm el-Sheikh
- May 18, 2008 Mr. Engel, Mr. President, thank you very much for joining me. The President. Richard. Thank you, sir. President's Remarks at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel Mr. Engel. In front of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, you said that negotiating with Iran is pointless....
- Research articles 2008-05-26
- US frets for civilians caught in Lebanon fighting
- WASHINGTON AFP — The White House expressed concern Monday for civilians caught up in fighting between Lebanon's Western-backed government and Hezbollah forces, and appealed for respect of the nation's democracy. Asked if talks would go ahead between President George W. Bush and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Sunday...
- Research articles 2008-05-12
- US looks forward to working with Paraguay's new leader
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said Monday it looked forward to working with Paraguay's newly elected leftist president Fernando Lugo, saying polls from which he emerged victorious were a boost for democracy. But it reserved comment on his prospective policies amid perceptions by business leaders that they could...
- Research articles 2008-04-21
- e-VotingBooth.com Launch: New Web Site Converts U.S. from Republic to Democracy
- TAMPA, Fla. -- e-VotingBooth.com just launched as the only website where all Americans can vote on any pending bill or resolution in Congress, 'creating' truer democracy by allowing all citizens to literally 'vote' on any piece of legislation. Americans can vote at any time on any bill, they are...
- Research articles 2008-04-17
- US urges Mugabe to stop 'violence and intimidation'
- WASHINGTON AFP — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe must stop using "violence and intimidation" in Zimbabwe and southern African leaders must take a "firm stand" for democracy there, a US official said Friday. The US embassy in Harare found "credible reports of violence and intimidation used against individuals who may...
- Research articles 2008-04-11
- From Stabilization to Marketization: The Political Economy of Reforms in Azerbaijan
- Abstract: The author analyzes the process of reform started in post-Soviet Azerbaijan from the political economy perspective. He reviews the literature on the political economy of transition and presents the political-economic history of transition in Azerbaijan in three stages based on political developments. The author introduces and applies relevant indexes...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Bush to welcome British PM in April: White House
- WASHINGTON AFP — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will visit Washington with his wife on April 17 for talks with US President George W. Bush, the White House said Friday. The two leaders will discuss "our shared goals of advancing freedom and strengthening security and democracy" in Afghanistan and...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Democracy comes to kingdom of Bhutan
- THIMPHU, Bhutan AFP — Bhutan brought down the curtain on a century of absolute monarchy Monday, as the king's subjects elected the remote Himalayan nation's first democratic government. The landmark vote was proposed by Bhutan's royal family to peacefully transform the small Buddhist kingdom, wedged in the mountains between...
- Research articles 2008-03-24
- Bhutan's king relinquishes total power with historic vote
- THIMPHU AFP — Bhutan stands poised to become the world's newest democracy on Monday with historic polls ordered by its revered royal family to end their absolute rule over the mountainous kingdom. The tiny Buddhist state, wedged in the Himalayas between India and China, will elect members for a...
- Research articles 2008-03-23
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