Democracy takes a back seat
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The sound emanating from back-rooms at the Labour Party conference in the Brighton Centre yesterday was the unedifying one of backs being scratched.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the media looks back on a volatile summer of war in the Middle East, escalating violence in Iraq, and withering government approval ratings at home, it faces a fall season with mid-term elections that may determine the health of the U.S. democracy.
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Is Russia sliding back into czar-like autocracy, after a brief liberation from Soviet dictatorship? The leaders who ushered in democracy fear so, as President Vladimir Putin pushes to centralize yet more power in his own busy hands.
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"When we Americans first began, our biggest danger was clearly in view: we knew from the bitter experience with King George III that the most serious threat to democracy is usually the accumulation of too much power in the hands of an Executive, whether he be a King or a president. Our ingrained American distrust of concentrated power has very little to do with the character or persona of the individual who wields that power. It is the power itself that must be constrained, checked, dispersed and carefully balanced, in order to ensure the survival of freedom. In addition, our founders taught us that public fear is the most dangerous enemy of democracy because under the right circumstances it ...
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Ever so slowly, countries that once made up the former Yugoslavia are reorienting themselves toward the West and its democratic institutions.
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The Democratic Party's most powerful weapon is heading back into battle.
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The government has hailed the vote as a democratic breakthrough, but opposition candidates are not allowed to run. Security is tight after an unprecedented year of anti-government protests
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The government struggles to adapt its old methods of social control to the challenge of maintaining authority over a society seeking greater freedoms.
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A series of tactical errors, with peculiarities in the voting process, prevented democracy advocates here from winning as many seats as expected in Sunday&#39;s legislative
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Not many did. The FCC, ABC, CBS and NBC all seem to agree democracy works best when no one is watching. One hour a night -- and not a moment on opening night.
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As the voting gets underway, in what is expected to be a tight race, there are already election fears of fraud. Many are worried that the PSD (Social Democrats) might attempt to manipulate the voting in some way.
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For Democrats nationally, Tuesday&#39;s election returns were a bitter pill. For Southern Democrats, they were pure poison. Five previously Democratic Senate seats were up for grabs.
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Upcoming elections in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority are initial steps on still rocky paths to democracy.
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The young nation is learning that democracy isn't easy as no party captured a majority in the country's parliamentary vote
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The expected move to weaken the law is considered a key measure of the countryâs democratic maturity.
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News reports on Iraq paint a picture of a country trapped in a cycle of violence and destruction. The sceptics and nay-sayers don&#39;t believe Iraqis are ready for democracy.
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An arena for limited political action thrives behind closed doors, and at lower levels of government.