Democracy

Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislators. The decisions on who is considered part of the people and how authority is shared among or delegated by the people have changed over time and at different speeds in different countries, but they have included more and more of the inhabitants of all countries. Cornerstones include freedom of assembly and speech, inclusiveness and equality, membership, consent, voting, right to life and minority rights. The notion of democracy has evolved over time considerably, …

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Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 June 2024 English

Summary of the activities carried out by the EFA Group during the 2019-2024 mandate.

social justice, climate justice, rights and democracy, an economy which works for the people, and vibrant reached. EFA strives for linguistic rights. Democracy is at stake all over the world, but also within EFA stands up for democracy. SELF-DETERMINATION Linguistic diversity Democracy Rights of the Peoples In this framework, EFA promoted and supported democracy in the region by being present in different EU islands from despairing ; to the protection of democracy in Mexico, where journalists are killed ; from


RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 24 April 2024 English

continued dialogue and concerted the importance of ASEAN-India The seminar served as a platform action are essential to strengthen Millet Festival, ASEAN-India for robust deliberations, fostering the ASEAN-India relationship for …

of Health President, Public Health Foundation Democracy, El Salvador emphasised Information supported


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

Keywords of the Datafied State is a collection of essays on concepts that are central to understanding the relationship between government and technology, and how it differs across geographies. Underlying …

in the design and use of technology, and a democracy worker. 12. Counterdata Seyi Olojo is a PhD also a non-residential fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, DC. Her research “Majority World: Challenging the West’s Rhetoric of Democracy,” Amerasia Journal 34, no. 1 (January 2008): 88–98 Open Data Movement Re-Articulates Notions of Democracy, Participation, and Journalism,” Big Data & Society


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

“Notes on the Juxtaposing state as a system and state as an idea, Difficulty of Studying the State (1977).” this paper is an effort to demystify the nature of the …

of Brazilians in São Paulo’s Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity peripheries to secure effective


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC BY AMINA ABDU and ABIGAIL JACOBS ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION Keywords of the Datafied State Data & Society 79 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION By Amina Abdu and Abigail Jacobs Viewpoints …

arbitrariness of deci- Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Crown, 2016). sions made within the federal agencies state, administration as well as repre- sentative democracy itself are threatened. Contestation, Transparency Comments: How U.S. companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your Voice,” New York Attorney General’s


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

If not, the conversation shifts to me asking about the kind of maintenance in the vendor contract and the contact person listed. [...] An “Open Scope of Work” is Not …

laws, among other issues vital to our health and democracy. While the details of these changes are finalized


NYU: New York University · 24 April 2024 English

A comprehensive catalog based on former President Donald Trump and his associates’ autocratic plans, promises, and propositions. The post American Autocracy Threat Tracker appeared first on Just Security.


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

For instance, parents are not the only resi- dents burdened with the expense of municipal schools, because the whole 1 Mehrsa Baradaran, The Color of Money: Black Banks and the …

extin- guished a bright spot of representative democracy in the post-Civil War era. Examples of how elites “The Rhetoric of Transparency and Its Reality: democracy, which involves the potential conflict between employees, 11 Joanne Cheung, “Real Estate Politik: Democracy and the Financialization of Social Networks,”


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

In the context of the US criminal punishment system, we advocate for counterdata and counteranalyses that hold state entities accountable and center the needs and aims of incarcerated people. [...] …

its asso- Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (New York: Crown, 2016); Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson


Data & Society Institute · 24 April 2024 English

As the growing power of digital com- puters opened new paths for the automation of logical and not just physical processes, technology came to be understood as a potential solution …

How Governments That Lose Integrity Threaten Democracy,” Australian Journal of Social Issues 55, no.


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