Building Global Democracy

This study is an effort toward an analytical view on the past two decades of development of civil society in the western Balkans. The development there does not correspond to the theoretical outlines of the democratic transition or transformation. The pri

Despite the fact that much has been written about the relationship between Indonesia and Australia with emphasis on the role of government, little has been done in terms of examining Indonesia's changing domestic politics and the role of non-state actors

Not only has the world political system failed to prevent these slaughters, it has also struggled to cope with natural disasters and the worst international financial crisis in 60 years. Then, when confronted with an ominous and long-range security threat

The real challenge to the administration of justice in China is, rather, the undue intrusion of politics and, even more broadly, of 'guanxi', the network of interpersonal relations of mutual protection, benefit and dependency that is one of the enduring h

The use of multilateral institutions to promote and defend democracy is one of the most remarkable recent trends in politics. The novelty of the approach has generated enormous interest among social-science scholars, yet none of the major studies on the s

The current wave of strikes across Europe are only a prelude to what will come, as the ruling elite are not prepared to change their anti-crisis policies that have merely supported the corporations that caused the crisis.

Contrary to recent portrayals of a self-confident, newly assertive China assuming its place as a global hegemon, the country's leadership "is in crisis mode", according to a new Stratfor analysis.

Pettit's claim that the discovery of the so-called 'discursive paradox' bears important implications for the normative theory of deliberative democracy has been challenged on the ground that there are substantial structural differences between the fora of

There will be "elections" in Burma this year. But we should not be fooled into believing they will be free or fair. They will be a sham and will further entrench the military at the heart of power. The new constitution is harsh and one of the most unfair

Global apartheid, like globalisation, is a buzzword that has evolved to describe a new global paradigm. Put simply, global apartheid is an international system of minority rule that promotes inequalities, disparities and differential access to basic human

The New Pluralism: William Connolly and the Contemporary Global Condition . Edited by David Campbell and Morton Schoolman . : Duke University Press , 2008 . 364 pp., $34.95 paperback ( ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-4270-0 ). This is a most interesting and provocat

Two key themes of this special issue are: how violence challenges democracy and how democratic politics might, over time, diminish violence. This paper explores how violence(s) embedded in Latin America's state formation process are multiplied rather than

Britain's 'Contest' counter-terrorism strategy with its '4 Ps' codification is often held up as a paradigm of an effective liberal democratic counter-terror strategy. However, while the strategy has had some success and been widely emulated internationall

Anyone who is still trying to look for neutrality or balance in the Thai media in these days of political ferment, ahead of large anti-government protests expected in the capital, has a pretty tough job. "Thai society is very divided politically and I do

This article is concerned with the relationship between democracy and violence. The first section argues that the way in which that relationship is characterized depends on how violence is defined. Some definitions extend the ordinary understanding of vio

Burma watchers should be urged to study the election laws exceedingly carefully rather than automatically reacting with condemnation. The popular media have already asserted that the law is a "mockery of democracy", however, only portions of the law have

South Korea experienced democratic reform relatively recently. Before its significant democratic reform in 1987, South Korea had been dominated by a series of authoritarian regimes over a few decades since its liberation from Japanese colonial rule. This

This paper makes a departure from the dominant formalistic approach to 'democratic consolidation' to explore a range of issues, especially mutual distrust and misperception, to analyse why Bangladesh's quest for democracy remains elusive. By taking a clos

In this paper, which forms Paper Two in FDSD's project on The Future of Democracy in the Face of Climate Change, the authors review a range of definitional approaches to democracy. They discuss the relevance of existing approaches in the light of climate

After hearing Vandana Shiva's October 2009 Hagey Lecture, I would suggest that her conception of "Earth Democracy" sounds and looks a lot like ecosocialism, though it may not be called ecosocialism by those who are living it. But what is in a name? As so