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The lasting lack of direct universal suffrage for French metropolitan areas : a shackle that must be rapidly cancelled or a great asset that should be absolutely protected ? (In French) [PDF]

It is a long time since the problem of the lack of direct universal suffrage for the French metropolitan areas with own taxes (MAOT) has been pointed out.
Olivier THOMAS (LEREPS-GRES)
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Public Discussions on the Reform of the City Electoral System of the Russian Empire at the Turn of the 20th Century

Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории
The article is devoted to the problem of reforming city elecgtroral system, which was raised in the works of political writers, economists, jurists, and local government officials of the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century.
Sorokin Aleksandr A.
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Why Not a Philosopher King and Other Objections to Epistocracy [PDF]

, 2019
In this paper, I will examine epistocracy as a form of limiting the political agency of some citizens (by removing their political rights) and offer an internal critique of it.
Kuljanin, Dragan
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Costruire la sovranità popolare. Le commissioni municipali romane e le elezioni per la Costituente del 1849 [PDF]

Laboratorio dell'ISPF, 2012
[Constructing Popular Sovereignty. Roman Municipal Commissions and the Elections for the Constituent Assembly of 1849]. This article resumes one of the major moments of popular involvement in the Italian Risorgimento, that is, the elections for the ...
ARMANDO, David
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Le Parlement Européen à la Croisée des Chemins

Phenomenology and Mind, 2015
Courtesy Barbara Spinelli (European Parliament) and Virginio Dastoli (European Movement and European Federalists), it is our pleasure to republish the presentation of the first issue of “Crocodile – Lettre aux Membres du Parlement européen”, founded and ...
Altiero Spinelli
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The Evolution of Suffrage Institutions in the New World [PDF]

Most analysis of how the distribution of political power affects the patterns of growth has been confined to the late-twentieth century. One problem associated with a focus on the modern record is that processes that take place over the long run are not ...
Kenneth L. Sokoloff, Stanley L. Engerman
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A particular electoral system

Sfera Politicii, 2019
The parliamentary elections of November 2-9, 1919, were the first collective experience of democracy in the Romanian political space. It was based, after more than five decades of census electoral practice, on the mechanism of universal (male) voting ...
Alexandru Radu
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Luther v. Borden: A Taney Court Mystery Solved [PDF]

, 2017
It has not been generally remarked that Chief Justice Taney wrote surprisingly few of the Taney Court’s major opinions—those cases that tend to be anthologized and remembered by generalists.
Weinberg, Louise
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FROM A PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY TO A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: AN UNFINISHED PROCESS [PDF]

CES Working Papers, 2016
The Parliamentary Assembly of the European Communities was the precursory body of the European Parliament, but it lacked the legitimacy the latter would gain starting with 1979, the year when the first European elections were held.
Ioana Antoaneta DODI
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Restoring the Right to Vote [PDF]

, 2008
The right to vote forms the core of American democracy. Our history is marked by successful struggles to expand the franchise, to include those previously barred from the electorate because of race, class, or gender.
Erika Wood
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