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- From e-Government To Online Deliberative Democracy
- This paper explores three issues. First, it will consider the scope for new forms of participatory or deliberative democracy in an age of widespread although far from universal Internet access. Second, it will consider the potential for online media to act as conduits for new forms of citizen engagement with...
- White papers 2005-11-22
- The EC-Cambodia Country Strategy Paper 2004-2006
- Cambodia is still in the process of emerging from a severely traumatic post-crisis situation. Violence, domestic and public, remains endemic. Weak law enforcement exacerbates the situation, resulting in significant impunity, fuelled by corruption. Although important steps have been taken to establish a multi-party democracy and to address governance and human...
- White papers 2004-12-20
- Political Budget Cycles in New Versus Established Democracies
- The paper finds the existence of a political deficit cycle in a large cross-section of countries. The strong budget cycle in those countries accounts for the finding of a budget cycle in larger samples that include these countries; when these countries are removed from the larger sample, so that only...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Democracy Rules the Marketplace
- Many branding professionals believe that the marketplace is in fact more democratic than the voting booth, in so far as the market expresses popular opinion through the interplay of supply and demand and market polls. A few branding experts feel that the marketplace is more democratic than any of the...
- White papers 2004-03-22
- Middle Eastern Democracy Is Civil Society the Answer?
- This paper tells about the NGOs who would expose Arabs to a form of micro democracy, the thinking went, by habituating them to the concepts of civic participation and decision making through taking part in no threatening local issues while avoiding core issues of civil and political rights. This would...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- E-Government: From Real To Virtual Democracy
- In Europe and United States, the use of the Internet and other computer networks in the public sector has sparked a debate about new forms of democracy. This paper analyses how the use of Internet technologies by governments to provide services and interact with citizens - so-called e-government - contributes...
- White papers 2003-04-11
- Media Coverage In And Of A Crisis: A Primer
- From the executive summary: ‘Every government’s primary need at the time of crisis is to re-establish order. The process calls for uniting the country and organizing a response that mobilizes specific groups and resources. Accomplishing the goals will require some degree of secrecy, lying or disinformation, face-saving or posturing, propaganda,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Election Finance Regulation in Emerging Democracies: Lessons From Canada and the U.S.
- The paper asks what rules emerging democracies should impose on election finance. Election finance laws govern candidates, parties, and private individuals. Rules fall into three categories: rules that limit campaign spending and contributions, state subsidies to politicians, and laws that oblige candidates and individuals to reveal how much money they...
- White papers 2001-11-14
- Reversal Of Fortunes: Democracy, Property Rights And Foreign Direct Investment Inflows To Developing Countries
- The question this article addresses is does increased democracy promote or jeopardize Foreign Direct Investment FDI inflows to Less Developed Countries LDCs. It argues that democracy affects FDI inflows through competing causal avenues. On one hand, the higher levels of political participation and representation that are part of more democratic...
- White papers 2001-10-19
- Democratizing The WTO
- As the WTO accretes power, challenges to its authority will only increase. The phrase "democracy deficit" has been used in different literatures, as applied to different institutions, to express a structural isolation from popular input. It is often, though not always, used as a critique. The WTO is afflicted with...
- White papers 2001-10-14
- Investors And Autocrats: Democratization And Foreign Direct Investment In 55 Less Developed Countries
- The question this article tries to address is does increased democracy promote or jeopardize Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Less Developed Countries LDCs. Existing literature presents conflicting expectations to the question. It argues that increased levels of democracy in LDCs will lead to reduced FDI flows: increased popular access to...
- White papers 2001-02-24
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- BRONISLAW GEREMEK
- Politician who was a leading figure in the Polish Solidarity movement Bronislaw Geremek was Poland's most prominent European figurehead at a time when Poland's store of statesmen is low. He first became well known internationally as one of the key advisers to the Gdansk electrician Lech Walesa,...
- Articles 2008-07-15
- The Ten Best Political books
- 1 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama Obama's autobiography is a thought-provoking, intimate and humorous look into the mind of a young senator, presenting his vision for America and his hopes for a new democracy. Canongate Books, 8.99 2 Water Houston...
- Articles 2008-07-15
- US lawmakers ease pressure on Chevron in Myanmar
- WASHINGTON AFP — US lawmakers have dropped plans to impose sanctions that would have pressured US energy giant Chevron to pull out from a gas project in military-ruled Myanmar, congressional aides said on Tuesday. Sanctions that would end tax write-offs enjoyed by Chevron were part of a package...
- Articles 2008-07-15
- Lawsuits can be righteous, low, symbolic, pestiferous—many things
- Lawsuits can be righteous, low, symbolic, pestiferous--many things. Recently, an outfit called the Southwestern Legal Foundation filed a complaint against Yahoo! Why the complaint? Because the gaily named company supplied information about human-rights and democracy activists to the Chinese government--whereupon said government did very bad things to said activists (e.g.,...
- Articles 2008-07-14
- Brown bids to toughen European sanctions on Zimbabwean regime
- The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, sought to toughen European Union sanctions against the Mugabe regime yesterday after a bruising diplomatic failure in New York, where China and Russia vetoed action on the Zimbabwe crisis from the United Nations Security Council. Britain will submit 36 additional names to...
- Articles 2008-07-14
- Statement by the Press Secretary
- Visit by President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso WASHINGTON -- President Bush will welcome President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso to the White House on July 16, 2008. The President will use this opportunity to congratulate President Compaore on Burkina Faso's $480 million Compact with the Millennium Challenge...
- Articles 2008-07-14
- Bush to welcome Burkina president
- WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush will welcome Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore on July 16 for talks on US aid and efforts to stabilize West Africa, the White House said Monday. The two leaders also "will discuss the shared goal of advancing democracy and human...
- Articles 2008-07-14
- Zimbabwe regime jubilant at failed UN sanctions bid
- HARARE AFP — President Robert Mugabe's government was triumphant Saturday at the failure of a UN bid to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe as Britain pledged to return to the Security Council if political violence continued. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown would discuss further measures with EU partners...
- Articles 2008-07-12
- Have sanctions ever worked, and should they be applied to Zimbabwe?
- The big question Why are we asking this now? Because the leaders of the G8 richest nations have announced sanctions on Zimbabwe this week in an attempt to end the bloodshed and restore democracy to the country. What are sanctions? ...
- Articles 2008-07-10
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