There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws and ...

Ancient philosopher Plato may have an answer to why only those skilled in statecraft should rule the unskilled COMMENT | ...

Is the United States a model democracy? Not that long ago, I suspect, most Americans would have answered with a resounding ...

Mr. Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on metals is not new. In his first term, the president levied tariffs on foreign steel ...

Almost all Western countries are democratic. In the most recent election in the US ... But the system that Socrates is rejecting, Athenian democracy of the 5th and 4th century BC, differs ...

But the system that Socrates is rejecting, Athenian democracy of the 5th and 4th century BC, differs significantly from contemporary representative democracy. In Athenian democracy, only male ...

Democracies worldwide are suffering from legitimacy problems. This is reflected in low levels of public trust in key political institutions, the polarisation of politics, and the erosion of public ...

You might think the United States government is in shambles, that President Donald Trump’s policies are already tearing the ...

The Keta Municipal Secretariat of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has officially inaugurated a nine-member ...

Judge Carl Nichols temporarily blocked plans to put 2,200 employees on paid leave and recall nearly all agency workers abroad ...