Neoliberalismo versus democracia = Neoliberalism versus democracy

Combining multiple models – Democracy Versus

When wise people take critical decisions, they usually take into account the opinions from many experts. Now whether to give equal importance to each expert’s opinion or weigh them according to their expertise, their experience is another good logical problem to think on. The main focus of this paper is to closely compare the performance of equally weighted voting (democracy) schemes in Machine...

Neoliberalism and Democracy in Latin America: A Mixed Record

This essay argues that neoliberalism has strengthened the sustainability of democracy in Latin America but limited its quality. Drastic market reform seems to have abetted the survival of competitive civilian rule through its external and internal repercussions. By opening up Latin American countries to the world economy, neoliberalism has exposed them to more of the international pressures for...

Hobbes versus Madison and Isaacs versus Baker: Contrary Theories and Practices in Australian Democracy

In his landmark work The Political Theory of a Compound Republic,* 1 the American political scientist Vincent Ostrom identified two theories of government which have contended in the intellectual and political history of modem civilisation. The first theory Ostrom associated with the 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, although it can be traced back to ancient times. This is the ide...

Liberalism versus Democracy? Schooling Private Citizens in the Public Square

Traditional Versus Alternative Writing Assessment

The present study intended to evaluate EFL students' performance on a traditional method of writing assessment in comparison to an alternative assessment technique by taking into account the effects of teacher and peer feedback. Moreover, the attitudes of the participants regarding assessment procedures and activities were focused in this study. To this end, thirty male and female language lear...