By localise2, on February 10th, 2011%
Input from senior diplomat Carne Ross: extract from FT letter:
“The necessary institutions of representative democracy – government, courts, civil society – are weak or corrupted in many countries, and not only undeveloped ones. And indeed it may well be that in certain societies, the “western model” of parliaments and executives may be too . . . → Read More: Deliberative democracy
By localisewm, on April 29th, 2010%
If like me you’re sick of hung parliament scaremongering, you may like the following from Avaaz…
Karen
With the election contest hotting up, there is now a real chance that no one party will get an overall majority in Parliament. Polling suggests that given the choices, most of the public would prefer this outcome.
. . . → Read More: Who's afraid of democracy? – from Avaaz