French-election fears unite scientists in defence of liberal democracy

Subjective Measures of Liberal Democracy

Using democracy in empirical work requires accurate measurement. Yet, most policy and academic research presupposes the accuracy of available measures. This article explores judgespecific measurement errors in cross-national indicators of liberal democracy. The authors evaluate the magnitude of these errors in widely used measures of democracy and determine whether their results replicate durin...

Public Service and Liberal Democracy

The debate on television’s "public service"obligations can only make full sense if integrated in the broader context of the debate on the best political model for society. In fact, the classic "public service"rationale is based in a normative conception of good and in a suspicious view of the average citizen that is largely tributary of a Platonic or Elitist approach to the political organizati...

French researchers ponder election prospects

The Tour de France traditionally includes a short foray into one of the neighbouring countries. This year, it is set to start from Britain. Similarly, Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently holds the yellow jersey of the poll leader in a French race that is only held every five years, visited London at the beginning of February in order to draw international attention to his campaign. Or to show off hi...

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“tyrany of the majority", and the rights of minorities in liberal democracy

raising the concept of ‘tyrany of the majority’ by federalists , alexi de tocqueville and john stuart mill in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , they revealed a new form of tyrany which was uniqe for those who had experienced despotic regimes . with the critique of democracy baised on majority vote , the question of ethnic , religious and linguistic minorities , along with their rights and f...