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Russia Blog: The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism

This looks interesting. Check also the other 5 parts! "Kevin Cyron, an American living in the Russian Federation who recently graduated with a Masters degree in Sociology from St. Petersburg State University, has agreed to Russia Blog publishing his thesis titled, "The Misconception of Russian Authoritarianism". http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2008/07/Thesis%20Final%20Long%2006-05-08.doc
and a handy menu can be found here: http://www.russiablog.org/2008/09/the_misconception_of_russian_a_9.php

Tags: Russia, Authoritarianism, democracy, history, linkroll on 2008-07-18 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Eurozine - National populism versus democracy - Antony Todorov

Populist movements are a threat not because they raise the issue of direct democracy, but because they advocate nationalist mobilisation based on xenophobia, writes Antony Todorov. Given the failure of the leftist projects of the twentieth century, it is telling that far-right populism is more anti-democratic in the new democracies of central and eastern Europe than in western Europe. Is populism identical to the crisis of democracy or rather a symptom of it?

Tags: populism, democracy, linkroll, europe on 2008-06-22 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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A better way with referendums

Interesting idea: Is it possible to introduce a more deliberative approach when holding a referendum? Does "deliberative polling" make citizens more knowledgeable?

Tags: linkroll, deliberative, democracy, europe, ireland, referendum on 2008-06-18 -All Annotations (0) -About