States that were represented by very senior Democratic congressmen grew more quickly during the 1953–1990 period than states that were represented by more junior congressional delegations. States with a large fraction of politically competitive House districts also grew faster than average. The first finding is consistent with traditional legislator-based models of distributive politics, the se...

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to investigate major premisses American individualist anarchist movement as the critique toward constitutional democratic state.
 THE PROBLEM AND METHODS: Paper analyses premises that led anarchists formulate their thesis about supreme character individual rights and sovereignty. Consequently, brought them conclusion such defined sovereignty irr...

using discourse analysis theories and methods, the authors try to analyze the elements of the civil modern family pattern as an outcome and objective adequacy of the civil society in the three descriptive, interpretative and explanative levels in the perspective of the contemporary socio-political history of the iranian society. to this end, the authors develop and employ a synthetic model (bas...

Egalitarianism and justice are amongst the core attributes of a democratic regime and should be also secured in an e-democratic setting. As such, the rise of computer related offenses pose a threat to the fundamental aspects of e-democracy and e-governance. Digital forensics are a key component for protecting and enabling the underlying (e-)democratic values and therefore forensic readiness sho...