, based on the Chief-in-Executive measure of political institutions, a country with the highest democracy score was some 55 …

democracy score was some 55 percentage points less likely to vote in favor of the second of the two UN Goldstone resolutions and …

the functioning of direct democracy. As a political system it only makes sense if there exists a continuous process and … not if only occasional single questions are brought to a referendum. Then, the relation between direct democracy and the … points that should be observed to safeguard the well-functioning of direct democracy. …

This study provides empirical evidence on the impact of militarization, governance, and democracy on human rights in … revealed that militarization significantly increases human rights violation in the region, while governance and democracy … of democracy on human rights is stronger in countries where the existing level of human rights is high. Policy …