... of democratic practices, in a way. The “thinning” of democratic participation is nothing new. The concepts of “elitist democracy” gained traction several decades ago, drawing on quite old ideas of Joseph Schumpeter. In simple terms, it is fair ... ..., even governments that support European integration are no longer willing to be a revolving door for transnational “civil society.” Standards and rules provide less and less protection to anyone. Tomorrow, your government may face demands for another ...
... called “democracy.”
When the Communists came to power, Mao Zedong wanted to show that China would be a democracy—not the “bad” kind of democracy that reigned under Chiang Kai-shek, but a different, “new” kind of democracy. This “new democracy” (新民主), as it was called, was seen as a stopgap on the way to building a socialist society. It was still a single-party system (only it was a different party that was in power), and the position of leader (Mao Zedong) looked almost indistinguishable from that of emperor in the end.
The death of Mao Zedong was followed by a series of ...
... then acts as a temporary stabilizing force (successfully or unsuccessfully) or an agent of one of the major trends in civil society. This requires the practice of involving the military in internal political conflicts. In the United States, this practice ... ... state claiming independence, the nature of the emerging political regimes in new state formations, and other factors.
Both weak democracy, or rather, focusing on the secondary attributes of democracy, and not its essential moments, and weak authoritarianism ...
Protectionism – the New Norm of International Trade
A side effect of any trade war is protectionism, which is particularly pronounced during a period of structural transformation or the transition to a new stage of development in economic competition. And we are not just talking about economic transformations here, but also social transformations – imbalances in the economy lead to social disruptions and failures on the labour market, and the national or supranational government must respond to...
... the Americans are so scared of outside interference, then it is clear that they are not confident in the strength of their own democracy. Anyone who sees their country as the “best in the world” is unlikely to appreciate any kind of negative information ... ... foreign accounts on social networks. The response to “the actions of Russia” could be a mobilization of sorts of American society: blocking the enemy’s access to the information space, restricting the rights of Russian citizens living in the United ...
