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What are some progressive critiques of the concept of democracy and human rights?

There are about a billion academic books on democracy out there. I'd suggest you start with Robert Dahl's "On Democracy" and Hannah Arendt's "The Human Condition", but the sky's ...
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What are some progressive critiques of the concept of democracy and human rights?

Question: Therefore, I invite answers regarding political philosophers who have expanded on these ideas: ... and a more precise formulation and set of reasons of what “rules” there should be, amongst ...
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What kind of amendment can oblige multiple political parties, and repair the unintended two-party malfunction of the constitution?

Aotearoa New Zealand moved from first past the post voting to multi-member proportional representation (MMP) in 1996, so I have some relevant experience of the change. Prior to that we had two parties,...
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Can the U.S. president suspend any government officials given a good enough reason?

Define "Government Official".... In the US system the President is head of the executive. He can appoint to the cabinet (with the advice and consent of the senate) and he can remove (on his ...
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What kind of amendment can oblige multiple political parties, and repair the unintended two-party malfunction of the constitution?

A false premise What kind of amendment clause can encourage many parties to represent the voters in the way originally intended by the founding fathers? The Founding Fathers intended the ...
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What kind of amendment can oblige multiple political parties, and repair the unintended two-party malfunction of the constitution?

First, the Founding Fathers were not a homogeneous group. They came to a compromise represented in the Constitution which they ultimately passed, anything else is an argument or a negotiating position ...
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