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Constitutional Reform: A Recipe for Restoring Faith in Our Democracy? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The first coalition since the Second World War is itself an innovation at Westminster. But it also came to power committed to an ambitious programme of constitutional reform – including fixed-term parliaments, directly elected mayors and local police ...
Seyd, Ben
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Representing the riots: the (mis)use of statistics to sustain ideological explanation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper analyses the way that figures were used to support two kinds of accounts of the riots of August 2011 prevalent in media coverage and in pronouncements by government ministers.
Ball, Roger, Drury, John
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Evolving Political Accountability in Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
published or submitted for publicationnot peer ...
Jacob Butler
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The Northern Ireland peace process in an age of austerity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The steady drip of dissident Republican attacks forms the backdrop to this special issue of Political Quarterly. Moreover, this comes at a time of economic austerity, when Northern Ireland faces unprecedented cuts to its public sector-dominated economy ...
Kaufmann, Eric P.
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Review Of Capitol Men: The Epic Story Of Reconstruction Through The Lives Of The First Black Congressmen By P. Dray [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
With complete narrative control Dray also locates the public history of Reconstruction\u27s openness to both black and white male political ambition against the counterpoint of white conspiracy and violence that, like termites, ate away at the foundation
Valelly, Richard M., , \u2775
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How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru [PDF]

open access: yes
Which of the democratic checks and balances - opposition parties, the judiciary, a free press -is the most critical? Peru has the full set of democratic institutions.
John McMillan, Pablo Zoido
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How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Which of the democratic checks and balances - opposition parties, the judiciary, a free press -is the most critical? Peru has the full set of democratic institutions.
McMillan, John, Zoido, Pablo
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We are all equal: politics of very important people blue light security in South Africa

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
South Africa is globally rated as the most unequal society, which does not conform to democratic principles. Inequality is perpetuated by uneven security provisions at the behest of the state, which entrenches elitism.
Mashimane Njabulo Maphumulo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Faire ou non confiance aux gestionnaires du risque ?

open access: yesTerritoire en Mouvement, 2007
The confidence or trust that the people and institutions responsible for managing territorial risk inspire in the individuals subjected to this risk is an important factor in the analysis of territorial vulnerability because low confidence levels, or ...
Hervé Flanquart   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Letting Down the Drawbridge: Restoration of the Right to Protest At Parliament [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article analyses the history of the prohibition of protests around Parliament under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. This prohibited any demonstrations of one or more persons within one square kilometre of the Houses of Parliament ...
Reid, Kiron
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