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Happiness in the Himalayas: as the world struggles with the recession, the tiny kingdom of Bhutan is focusing more on 'gross national happiness' than gross domestic product. Mydans, Seth Oct 26, 2009 933
Doubts about Afghanistan. Brief article Oct 5, 2009 156
"We won" is not an excuse for tyranny. Robinson, Arthur B. Sep 22, 2009 1008
At first blush, the news from Honduras sounds like a sad return to Latin America's past. Brief article Jul 20, 2009 198
Athens 2.0. Glastris, Paul Jul 1, 2009 833
Iran's young woman shot to death on camera, Moussavi calls for mourning. Brief article Jun 23, 2009 237
Dual dimensions of democratic development: The speed with which institutional modernization set former Soviet states on a path towards democracy as well as "to Europe" was historically unprecedented. Pehe, Jiri Essay Jun 22, 2009 1514
Education for profit, education for freedom. Nussbaum, Martha C. Essay Jun 22, 2009 4288
A good plan in Africa: facing the realities of tribalism. Kavulla, Travis Apr 20, 2009 1638
Indonesia: another face of Islam: the world's most-populous Muslin nation isn't in the Middle East, and that's one of the reasons it's a very different kind of place. Landler, Mark Apr 20, 2009 1391
Democracy and international human rights law. McGinnis, John O.; Somin, Ilya Apr 1, 2009 25356
Exceptionalism in a time of stress. Wilson, Graham Mar 22, 2009 6113
Afghan Presidential Poll Delayed. Feb 9, 2009 581
Beware the new missionaries. Leth, Ivan Breinholt Essay Feb 1, 2009 1368
Get used to it. Brief article Jan 26, 2009 171
Why democracy matters. Hagel, Chuck Jan 1, 2009 2290
Education for democracy: it is not an issue of dare; it is an issue of can. Kovacs, Philip Essay Jan 1, 2009 6576
Unsafe waters, stolen sisters, and social studies: troubling democracy and the meta-narrative of universal citizenship. Tupper, Jennifer Viewpoint essay Jan 1, 2009 8057
Interpreting democratic images: secondary students' reading of visual texts. Gaudelli, William Report Jan 1, 2009 9679
Political responses to Supreme Court decisions. Hamilton, Marci A. Jan 1, 2009 4801
Law and economics: realism or democracy? Smith, Henry E. Jan 1, 2009 8571
Sodomy and guns: tradition as democratic deliberation and constitutional interpretation. Eskridge, William N., Jr. Jan 1, 2009 9833
Possible partners, probable enemies: why the US is losing the Islamic mainstream. Baker, Raymond William Jan 1, 2009 11443
From spheres of civility to public spheres: democracy and citizenship in the Big House (Part II). Wright, Randall; Gehring, Thom Report Dec 1, 2008 6660
Dignity and democracy. Annals, Geoff Editorial Dec 1, 2008 973
Islam & democracy: hopeful developments in Denmark. Holm, Nancy Graham Nov 21, 2008 1073
Boss Mob: the sage of Baltimore on the ideology that makes mediocrity a virtue. Mencken, H.L. Excerpt Nov 3, 2008 1277
The challenge to act: how progressive women activists reframe American Democracy. Caiazza, Amy; Hess, Cynthia; Clevenger, Casey; Carlberg, Angela Report Oct 1, 2008 19213
All in favor? There's more democracy in the church than you might think. Cones, Bryan Editorial Oct 1, 2008 735
Australia--a democracy or just another ballotocracy? Poprzeczny, Joseph Report Sep 22, 2008 11527
Waiter, there's a democracy in my soup. Brief article Sep 22, 2008 204
Free world colossus: in the new Cold War, the U.S. is the revolutionary force. Congdon, Lee Sep 22, 2008 1626
Educating for democracy: with or without social justice. Carr, Paul Report Sep 22, 2008 8391
First things first! Sep 12, 2008 375
From spheres of civility to critical public spheres: democracy and citizenship in the big house (Part I). Wright, Randall; Gehring, Thom Report Sep 1, 2008 6105
The end of democracy? Buchanan, Patrick J. Aug 25, 2008 781
Bush Administration abusing "secret law". Aug 1, 2008 560
The shortage isn't food, its democracy. Lappe, Frances Moore Jul 1, 2008 1280
According to Jim: democracy and gifted children. Gallagher, James J. Jul 1, 2008 650
The logic of populist discourse and its cultural frame in Korea: an analysis of the former president Roh Moo-Hyun's reformist rhetoric. Lee, Manwoo Report Jul 1, 2008 8418
Indian democracy and women's human rights. Shahid, Mohammad; Singh, Krishna Kumar Jul 1, 2008 4842
China's Confucius and Western democracy. Collins, Michael Jun 22, 2008 5500
Bush speaks: the president does Davos (in the desert). Nordlinger, Jay Jun 16, 2008 1734
Rogue notions: democracy is still a revolutionary idea--that's the problem. Gottfried, Paul Jun 16, 2008 2596
Exploring democracy at NZNO's annual conventions. Jun 1, 2008 366
With Fidel Castro stepping down, what is next for Cuba and the Western Hemisphere? Excerpt Jun 1, 2008 2631
Kill joy: Sic semper tyrannis. Moynihan, Michael C. Brief article Jun 1, 2008 183
Recapturing public power: is investment arbitration's engagement of the public interest contributing to the democratic deficit? Choudhury, Barnali May 1, 2008 26456
The democracy business: cliches of freedom disguise a corporatist reality. Mosley, Ivo Apr 21, 2008 3214
Putin's puppet? Apr 14, 2008 889
Reclaiming democracy: the strategic uses of foreign and international law by national courts. Benvenisti, Eyal Apr 1, 2008 21768
Authorizing subnational constitutions in transitional federal states: South Africa, democracy, and the KwaZulu-Natal Constitution. Marshfield, Jonathan L. Mar 1, 2008 25442
Freedom fighters. Brief article Feb 11, 2008 310
Election fraud. Reed, Fred Feb 11, 2008 794
A blow to democracy. Brief article Jan 21, 2008 137
Playing a role in democracy. Jan 1, 2008 440
Moving beyond markets and minimalism: Democracy in the Era of Globalization. Burchill, Richard Critical essay Jan 1, 2008 7479
"Shock therapy" worked for the economies of the post-communist countries. Aslund, Anders Essay Jan 1, 2008 2888
New rules for media consolidation could help region. Eger, John M. Dec 10, 2007 778
Are you sure you want a democracy? Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood does. Dougherty, Michael Brendan Dec 3, 2007 2014
Africa's health 'on the mend': Africa's political and economic landscape is improving steadily according to a number of external reports on the continent's health. However, the same reports often display a reluctance to acknowledge Africa's successes. Siddiqi, Moin Dec 1, 2007 1611
Hunting the devil: democracy's rhetorical impulse to war. Ivie, Robert L.; Giner, Oscar Dec 1, 2007 9846
George Bush, , and American democracy. Stuckey, Mary E.; Ritter, Joshua R. Dec 1, 2007 11327
"The means to match their hatred": nuclear weapons, rhetorical democracy, and presidential discourse. Taylor, Bryan C. Dec 1, 2007 13339
Democracy at our own pace: Oman's Majlis A'Shura elections returned some surprising results when possibly the most female friendly state in the Gulf returned no women candidates to the consultative council. PAT LANCASTER reports from the Sultanate. Lancaster, Pat Dec 1, 2007 1703
Promoting democracy abroad: is it the right time for Canada to take on this file? Welsh, Jennifer Dec 1, 2007 4207
Is democracy losing its warm glow in Indonesia? Plate, Tom Nov 19, 2007 761
LIBYA - Oct 8 - Democracy Treats People Like Donkeys, Gaddafi Says. Brief article Oct 13, 2007 73
Big babies. Swift, Richard Oct 1, 2007 315
Dumbing down democracy: Richard Swift fears for a political culture where we are being treated like small children. Swift, Richard Oct 1, 2007 1931
If people would be outraged by their rulings, should judges care? Sunstein, Cass R. Oct 1, 2007 27738
Well, should they? A response to If People Would Be Outraged by Their Rulings, Should Judges Care? Coan, Andrew B. Oct 1, 2007 14031
On avoiding foundational questions: a reply to Andrew Coan. Sunstein, Cass R. Oct 1, 2007 2487
After Tocqueville: what are the prospects for global democracy when the American model is in such disrepair? Williamson, Chilton, Jr. Critical essay Sep 24, 2007 2708
Unprophetic Tocqueville: how Democracy in America got the modern world completely wrong. Choi, Daniel Sep 22, 2007 6441
Delusions of democracy: the first shall be made last. Queenan, Joe Sep 1, 2007 689
In the name of the father: in the wake of recent elections, Egypt's upper house of parliament looks very familiar, with the ruling party firmly in control. With apathy now more prevalent than activism, the only political issue that seems to interest Egyptians is if and how the president's son will take over the mantle of power. Eamonn Gearon reports from Cairo. Gearon, Eamonn Aug 1, 2007 1132
Turkey's AKP record landslide victory. Lancaster, Pat Aug 1, 2007 582
Reengineering of local governance in the post-conflict situation in Nepal. Adhikari, Damodar Report Jul 1, 2007 10651
The search for strategy. Martel, William C. Report Jun 22, 2007 4169
In our own time, at our own pace, if at all: the seventh forum on democracy, development and free trade was held in Doha at the end of April, when Adel Darwish and Pat Lancaster joined around 500 other participants in the Qatari capital to debate the progress, or otherwise, of reforms in the region. Darwish, Adel; Lancaster, Pat Jun 1, 2007 2297
Rudd's party-less democracy? Scanlon, Christopher Editorial Jun 1, 2007 1423
Partisanship and citizen politics in East Asia. Chu, Yun-han; Huang, Min-hua May 1, 2007 10344
Continental shift: no time like the present. The current political moment in Latin America is breathing new life into the left. Argentinean political scientist Carlos M Vilas takes stock of the changes afoot. Vilas, Carlos M. May 1, 2007 1269
The voice of exit - towards a theory of Democratic inconsistency. Goli, Marco Apr 1, 2007 6053
The divinization of democracy. Beum, Robert Mar 22, 2007 5224
Majoritarian democracy in a federalist system: the late Chief Justice Rehnquist and the First Amendment. Engelken, Sheri J. Mar 22, 2007 12572
A classroom discipline plan that teaches democracy. Pass, Susan Report Mar 22, 2007 4636
Should international law be part of our law? McGinnis, John O.; Somin, Ilya Mar 1, 2007 35979
Strengthening political parties for sustainable democracy in Botswana. Shale, Victor Feb 1, 2007 1433
Democracy, gender, and governance. Discussion Jan 1, 2007 4654
Is Socrates the ideal democratic citizen? Simpson, Timothy L. Critical essay Dec 22, 2006 8252
Elections. Dec 1, 2006 402
Are we taking certain liberties by assuming a relationship exists between economic and political freedom? Tures, John A. Sep 22, 2006 3644
Consumer sovereignty in the modern global era. Saving, Jason L. Sep 22, 2006 3329
Theology for citizenship: how a Catholic college in the Augustinian Tradition prepares citizens to transform society. Kelley, Joseph T. Sep 22, 2006 12471
Democracy--Mickey takes an in-depth look: "the U.N. won't participate in Mickey Mouse elections." (Carina Perelli, Director of the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division, quoted in The Washington Post, 18 June 2004.). Humpreys, Clive Jun 1, 2006 798
New tools for today's election practitioners. Laanela, Therese Pearce; Brady, Jeff Jan 1, 2006 1615
The transition ends and the work begins. Mokhtarzada, Homeyra Sep 1, 2005 1896
Election observation in West Africa: the ECOWAS experience. Bittiger, Tim Jun 1, 2005 1613

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