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crisis of government in
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
cleverest observer. Consider
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
the simple equality assumed in such a tally is not widely legitimate. Different participants in a vote may have differing degrees of legitimate interest in an issue
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
The Americans have retained these three distinguishing characteristics of the judicial power; an American judge can only pronounce a decision when litigation has arisen, he is only conversant with special cases, and he cannot act until the cause has been duly brought before the court.
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
Thomas Malthus’ An Essay on the Principle of Population
Bill King • Unapologetically Moderate: My Search for the Rational Center in American Politics
Behind Nixon’s bluster was, apparently, a cold calculation: if attempts to drive the bill through caused a southern Democratic filibuster, that filibuster would be a political boon to the GOP. Neither Knowland nor the Douglas Group seemed to understand—and if Nixon understood, he did not disclose what he understood—that the existence of sufficient
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Le jugement de Tocqueville est aussi acéré sur lui-même que sur les autres. Pour avoir la dimension et la vision d’un homme d’État, il n’est ni un homme de parti, ni un manœuvrier parlementaire. De plus, ses capacités d’orateur ne sont pas à la hauteur de ses talents d’écrivain.