Democracy
Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislators. The decisions on who is considered part of the people and how authority is shared among or delegated by the people have changed over time and at different speeds in different countries, but they have included more and more of the inhabitants of all countries. Cornerstones include freedom of assembly and speech, inclusiveness and equality, membership, consent, voting, right to life and minority rights. The notion of democracy has evolved over time considerably, and, generally, the two current types of democracy are …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
Bringing together essays on uses of history as both a practical activity and an approach to thinking about the present, this collection explores ways in which people have reckoned with …
Populisms: Which Historical Memory for What Kind of Democracy? 228 Stefan Berger Contributors 249 Index 253 …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
In What Ukrainian Elections Taught Me about Democracy long-time election observer Jane Cooper recounts her experience monitoring a municipal election in Kirovohrad in 2015. Offering a framework for exploring …
Taught Me about Democracy Jane CooperWHAT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS TAUGHT ME ABOUT DEMOCRACY J A N E C O … Title: What Ukrainian elections taught me about democracy / Jane Cooper. Names: Cooper, Jane (Jane C.), … practices—Ukraine— Kropyvnyt͡sʹkyĭ—Prevention. | LCSH: Democracy—Ukraine—Kropyvnyt͡sʹkyĭ. Classification: LCC JS6118 … Ukrainian Elections Taught Me about Democracy — 4 — A modern democracy is always at its core a feat of the … scenes to see how democracy can and does work. They also get to see how democracy can fail. A nuanced …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
The Adaptable Country outlines straightforward policy reforms to improve adaptability – the capacity to anticipate and manage danger. In a turbulent world, authoritarian rule is a tempting path to security. …
government,” that system of market-friendly democracy prescribed by the Washington Consensus. Even … almost all Canadians take for granted: liberal democracy, market capitalism, federalism, a welfare state … worse still, make generalized statements about democracy based on the experi- ence of one or two systems … consensus about the path forward. In any liberal democracy, much of this work is done by elements of civil … Ottawa has invented a new system of “monitory democracy” that is anchored by these watchdogs.42 | The …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
Covering a broad swathe of time, from colonization to the present day, Forced Migration in/to Canada examines human displacement in a variety of contexts: Indigenous dislocation and settler colonialism, Black …
settlers – that bear no resemblance to the liberal democracy of the present day (A. Turner 2016; Waldron 1992) …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 31 August 2024 English
Wondering what a Republican administration’s foreign policy would look like should they take the White House in 2024? Read Elbridge Colby’s The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age …
must focus their deterrence on Taiwan, a vibrant democracy. To forestall Chinese aggression requires a “focused … the U.S. cannot do it on its own and defence of democracy and freedom must be collective. This was the thinking …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 August 2024 English
In seven and a half interlinked stories, Aaron Kreuter’s Rubble Children tackles Jewish belonging, settler colonialism, Zionism and anti-Zionism, love requited and unrequited, and cannabis culture, all drenched in suburban …
out hope for the pos- sibility of a just ethnic democracy—maybe Tamara was right, maybe in the face of … East and West—or was it a bulwark? A pillar of democracy in a polit- ical and cultural wasteland. On and …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 13 August 2024
For the past 20 years, the Symons Medal is presented annually by the Confederation Centre of the Arts to honour persons who have made an exceptional and outstanding contribution to …
nation in three values that were to prove lasting—democracy, federalism, and respect for diference and diversity …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 13 August 2024 English
Canada’s social safety net is fraying. Why does it feel like everything is collapsing?Canada is at a crossroad. Neoliberalism has hollowed out and sold off the social services Canadians rely …
neoliberalism. Society as democracy poses a threat, and voters must be neutralized. If democracy reins in capitalism … disenfranchise and confuse potential voters. When democracy is diluted from a collective force to an individual … corporate power and the failures of Canadian democracy will have their own vol- umes. By starting with …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 August 2024 English
The entrepreneur Time magazine called “the Bad Boy of banking” is back with crucial insights about the importance of business culture in a dizzyingly complex global marketplace.In business, breaking rules …
hill, divided.” They found themselves “doubting democracy, falling behind, and tuning out.”3 Experts tell …
CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 5 August 2024 English
On June 21, 2024, Frank Graves was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Carleton University in recognition of a distinguished career in public opinion and policy …
Diplomacy & Global Governance Elections Global Democracy 8/5/24, 10:42 AM The Collapse of Social Cohesion …