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Judicial review, reasons and technology: a glance at constitutionalism and democracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Judicial review reflects the level of commitment between constitutionalism and democracy in contemporary States. Yet democracy as the sovereign government of the people implies a tension with constitutionalism as the rule of law.
Karam de Chueiri, Vera
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NetzDG on Twitter: A Social Network Analysis of Stakeholders in Public Discourse About Platform Regulation in Germany

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 17, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the Twitter debate about the German anti‐hate‐speech law, the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (NetzDG). Public discourse on this law has been contentious, with opponents cautioning against the risk of censorship and supporters emphasizing that NetzDG is necessary to protect democracy.
Jens Pohlmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FRAGILIDADES DAS DEMOCRACIAS NA AMÉRICA LATINA: UMA ANÁLISE EMPÍRICA

open access: yesDireito e Desenvolvimento, 2017
A terceira onda de democratização repercutiu na América Latina e proporcionou uma série de mudanças nas suas instituições políticas. Este artigo visa tratar da democracia e as suas fragilidades na América Latina após a ‘terceira onda’.
Armando Albuquerque
doaj   +1 more source

From skepticism to mutual support: towards a structural change in the relations between participatory budgeting and the information and communication technologies? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Until three years ago, ICT Technologies represented a main “subordinate clause” within the “grammar” of Participatory Budgeting (PB), the tool made famous by the experience of Porto Alegre and today expanded to more than 1400 cities across the planet. In

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Spain: Political Developments and Data in 2024

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 581-598, December 2025.
Abstract In Spain, the year 2024 was marked by both regional and European elections and an increasingly difficult political environment for the left‐wing governing coalition. The political agenda was dominated by these elections, an Amnesty Law, and several accusations of corruption around the governing Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Obrero ...
ASBEL BOHIGUES, MARIANA SENDRA
wiley   +1 more source

Video Assistant Referee(ndums): A Populist Weapon or Effective Tool to Stop Autocrats in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America?

open access: yesLatin American Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT In recent years, video assistant referee systems have been increasingly used to correct unfair decisions in sports. Similarly, I argue that constitutional referendums play a corrective role in hybrid or competitive authoritarian regimes, where the electoral referee is biased and the government enjoys unfair advantages.
Muhammet Derviş Mete
wiley   +1 more source

Citizens' Inclusion in Public Services: A Systematic Review of the Public Administration Literature and Reflection on Future Research Avenues

open access: yesPublic Administration, Volume 103, Issue 4, Page 1097-1119, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Despite a resurgence of interest in social equity, citizens' inclusion in public services has attracted limited attention in the public administration literature so far, having often remained in the background of studies focusing on citizens' participation and representative bureaucracy.
Tana Licsandru   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

El referéndum constitucional, la dialéctica entre la democracia representativa y la participativa* [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
[RESUMEN] El concepto de democracia ha ido evolucionando desde su surgimiento en la época antigua. Mientras que este término ha sido analizado, estudiado desde hace varias centurias o milenios, sin embargo, hoy en día la discusión sobre la democracia ...
Wong Meraz, Víctor Alejandro
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The Future of AI in the GCC Post‐NPM Landscape: A Comparative Analysis of Kuwait and the UAE

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 6, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Comparative evidence of how two Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states translate artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions into post–New Public Management (post‐NPM) outcomes are scarce because most studies focus on Western democracies. To fill this gap, we examine constitutional, collective choice, and operational rules that shape AI uptake in ...
Mohammad Rashed Albous   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Beasts in human form": How dangerous speech harms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Recent years have seen an upsurge of inflammatory speech around the world. Understanding the mechanisms that correlate speech with violence is a necessary step to explore the most effective forms of counterspeech.
Marques, Teresa
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