democracy

Democracy is a political concept referring to a society administered by a democratic government, in which all adult citizens have a say in social and political decisions that affect the country. It is widely viewed as the most fair and progressive form of government, since it reflects the will of the majority, while also granting and protecting the rights of minorities.

The way by which individuals can express their will regarding initiatives that affect everyone is voting. A distinction is made between direct democracies and representative democracies. In direct democracies, people vote on policies directly, while in representative democracies, the people elect a number of representatives (which constitute the country's legislature) who then vote on policy initiatives in the name of the people. However, many representative democracies also allow for three forms of direct political action on the part of the people, namely referendum, citizens' initiative and recall.

The referendum is a direct vote in which the electorate is asked to accept or reject a specific proposal. The citizens' imitative is a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters that can eventually force a public vote, or referendum. A recall is a political procedure by which registered voters can remove an elected official from service before their term has expired. Recalls are also initiated via petition.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “democracy”

• in Politics
  Romney or Obama: A Simple Choice of Critical Importance
  The stark differences between the candidates offer an easy choice for voters.
  by jimmyzuma / on Sep 7, 2012
• in Politics
  The Greek Election: Finally Some Democratized Economics
  Democracy finally takes control of economic policy in Greece
  by alexh14 / on Jun 14, 2012
• in Politics
  Historical Election for Egypt
  Thirteen candidates. Two days.
  by eklemens / on May 23, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “democracy”

 

• Turbulent Skies Ahead

  
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  Turbulent Skies Ahead by Stephen Tan Ban Cheng* Wonders never cease. At 3.29am on Sunday, April 6, according to Malaysiakini. the Malaysian GE13 results gave the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN, or National Front) Government 133 seats, 15 short of the two-thirds majority of 148 seats it pursued. The results also ...
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• Beautiufl View of University of Gujrat Pakistan

  
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• New York Times: Malaysian Opposition Calls for Protests over Election Results

  
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  May 12, 2013 Post GE-13: Malaysian Opposition Calls for Protests by Joe Cochrane (05-10-13) JAKARTA, Indonesia — If there was a moment after the nail-biting national election on Sunday when Malaysians could envision a respite from five years of political turmoil, it did not last long. Within hours of ...
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• Agreements and qualifications

  
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  Will these young people grow up to adopt the current consensus? A Pew poll aimed to find out what people in the United States all agree on. They got 90 percent assent, or close to that number, to a list of assertions. Some of us are not like others of us, I realized reading through the list. On the other hand, ...
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• GE-13 Results: Obama Administration gets Petition from Malaysians

  
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  May 12, 2013 GE-13 Results: Obama Administration gets Petition from Malaysians http://www.themalaysianinsider.com Malaysians have complained to the White House’s online petition site about election fraud in Election 2013, drawing more than 222,000 signatures within a week to become the site’s ...
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• How Much Tolerance for Intolerance?

  
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  United Nations in Geneva. Photo: wiki commons. Tolerance is justifiably one of liberal Democracy’s most cherished values. But what do we do when tolerance, with its openness to multiple views, permits and even supports intolerance? This is particularly an issue today when open prejudice against Jews and Israel, ...
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• State radio: Zimbabwe voter campaigners arrested

  
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  Zimbabwes state radio says police arrested three polling campaigners for illegally promoting voter awareness ahead of crucial elections. The radio said Sunday the activists were not authorized to carry out voter education by the official elections commission. It said they were giving out information on ...
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• The Cold War Minute for May 12

  
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  BerlinBrigade.com presents The Cold War Minute: May 12 edition. In this episode, we talk about Berlin Blockade, German Basic Law, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Douglas MacArthur, United States Military Academy, Soviet Luna 5, West German–Israel Relations, Mayagüez incident, Pope John Paul II ...
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• Dear Maunmohan, Speak Up lest you are Sacrificed

  
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  A new trend within the UPA is distinctly visible; credit Sonia Gandhi for all the good-doing(if any) and blame Maunmohan Singh for every wrong doing. Even in the recent case of resignation of the Union law minister Mr Ashwani Kumar, Manmohan had maintained that Kumar had done no wrong by interfering with CBIs ...
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• Different day, same old handwringing

  
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  It has become so common that people on the taxpayer funded gravy train public payroll abuse the system to enrich themselves financially, the stories reaching mainstream media about the grubbing, self serving behaviour no longer shock, and rarely do they elicit sufficient public anger to generate a campaign designed ...
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• Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Claims Victory in Pakistan Election

  
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  At the Wall Street Journal, " Former PM Declares Victory in Pakistan: Voters Stream to Polls, but Twin Bombings Underscore the Dangers ": LAHORE, Pakistan—A conservative former Pakistani prime minister ousted in a 1999 military coup, Nawaz Sharif, appeared headed to victory Saturday in a closely fought election ...
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• Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll

  
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  The results, which need to be officially confirmed, indicated Sharif’s party has an overwhelming lead but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats. See more here: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in historic poll
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• The NZ Constitution Charade

  
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  Karl du Fresne points out the so-called "debate" on the constitution (run by Radio NZ) is effectively a watered down version of a wet tea towel. They are cosy consensus sessions featuring safe speakers who can be counted on to agree broadly on the key issues. While the participants are learned and articulate, ...
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• Glenn Greenwald Debating Bill Maher on Muslims, Islam and US foreign policy

  
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  Last night I was on Bill Maher’s HBO show “Real Time”. There have always been  numerous views  of Maher’s  with which I agree . But he has become one of the most vocal and extreme advocates of the view that – while religion generally should be criticized -  Islam  is a  uniquely threatening and ...
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• Truthdiggers of the Week: Judges, Prosecutors of Efraín Ríos Montt

  
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  Those who Friday convicted the Guatemalan dictator of genocide and crimes against humanity showed that political killers can be brought to justice in the modern world. Related Entries May 8, 2013 Willie Manning Execution Postponed May 6, 2013 Death Row Inmate Denied DNA Test, Scheduled to Be Executed Tuesday
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• The Democrats Deadly Fantasies: Benghazi

  
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  On November 16, 2012 , we wrote about the utterly despicable behavior of President Obama, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and their associates: "Lying about the deaths of four Americans--including their own Ambassador. Why did they do it? Because Obamas crowning achievement was the killing of Usama Bin Laden, ...
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• Here You have it, Mr. Jaafar: The Malapportionment of Blame

  
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  May 12, 2013 Here You have it, Mr. Jaafar: The Malapportionment of Blame by Tricia Yeoh (05-11-13)@ http://www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT In the past week, two Malay newspapers Utusan Malaysia and Kosmo! chose to have as their headlines controversial statements that could be considered incendiary in ...
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• A Play On Words For The History Books

  
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  ShaleShockMedia.org Stories like this give me hope . Whenever people can fight the oil guys with a funny joke we all come out ahead. Jokes about green jobs wouldn’t fly, and besides, if green energy got the kind of subsidies as big oil, we could train the oil workers to make future energy resources that would ...
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• RECONCILIATION, Mr Jaafar?

  
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  May 12, 2013 RECONCILIATION, Mr Jaafar? Mr Jaafar,  you call for Reconciliation; in so doing you ape the Prime Minister. But tell me, who started the racial stuff? Who chose Zul Noordin and Ibrahim Ali to stand under BN banner when we know these politicians were pushing their so-called Malay First agenda ...
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• Bill Maher Gets Owned by Glenn Greenwald

  
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  This nine minute exchange between Bill Maher and his guests: Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian, Joy Reid of the Miami Herald and Charles Cooke of the National Review Online is very telling. There’s a lot to say about how ideology and partisanship can prevent one from a fair analysis of events and ...
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