Political advertising ethics has long been dominated by an adherence to the norms of democratic idealism or the highly situational ethics of act utilitarianism. This article proposes an alternative system of political advertising ethics grounded in Brandt’s ideal moral code theory, a form of...

We present the first systematic analysis of how countries cover each other in the news, using a newly constructed dataset of 55,240 media sources from 176 countries between 2015 and 2022, drawing upon a corpus of 1.4 billion online news articles. We document a pattern of global media bias:...

We describe Aristotle's mathematical model of weighted voting to explain and implement decision-making in democracies, oligarchies and the mixed states that combine elements of both systems. This model, originally presented in textual form, extends the known history of social choice theory back...

We provide a rationale for Co-Voting, a decision-making procedure that blends elements of direct and representative democracy to mitigate their main inefficiencies. A randomly selected group of citizens receives voting rights on specific issues, with their collective decision aggregated with...

Social media platforms are often credited with empowering grassroots movements in the pursuit of political freedoms. In this paper, we show how social media can also be exploited by political elites to undermine democratic institutions, using the January 6th, 2021 Capitol insurrection as a case...

Ein Finanzparlament oder vergleichbares Gremium anderen Namens würde finanzielle Entscheidungen treffen oder zumindest kontrollieren für seine jeweilige Organisation, sei diese ein Staat, eine internationale Vereinigung oder ein Verein. Stimmrechte für ein Finanzparlament würden nicht nach...

Es wird vorgeschlagen, die individuellen Steuerzahler jeweils entscheiden zu lassen, wofür die von ihnen gezahlten Steuern verwendet werden sollen, z. B. durch Zuweisung an einzelne Haushaltstitel oder größere Positionen im Staatshaushalt. Außerdem sollen die Steuerzahler wählen dürfen,...

Georgien befindet sich an einer Weggabelung: innenpolitisch durch den Rückbau demokratischer Errungenschaften, außenpolitisch durch eine Rekonfiguration seiner Außenbeziehungen. Beeinflusst werden diese Dynamiken durch geopolitische Disruptionen in der Region und auf globaler Ebene. Im Umgang...

Unsere Diskurskultur muss auf Vordermann gebracht werden, wenn Demokratie nicht misslingen soll. Diskursversagen wird ausgelöst, wenn der freie Gedankenaustausch zwischen den politischen Lagern unterbunden wird. Dies ist dort der Fall, wo das jeweilige Gegenüber im Schema von 'gut' und 'böse'...

Although it has been speculated that the pain and dislocation of the early 1990s left Russians with an abiding distaste for the values that animated the transition from communism, the quantitative evidence for a lasting effect is thin. Drawing on a large, regionally representative survey from...

The European Union operates largely in accordance with the principles of consensus democracy - that is, it seeks to integrate as many parties spanning the political spec­trum of its member states as possible. Amid the recent growth of far-right parties at both the national and European level,...

An intriguing question regarding the relationship between international financial institutions (IFIs) and their Latin American borrowers concerns how and why regime type influences the degree to which the parties are prepared to sign loan agreements. Some scholars highlight a 'democratic...

This article examines how corruption operates as a gendered informal institution that restricts women’s substantive political empowerment in post-socialist democracies. Focusing on North Macedonia, we argue that clientelism and male-dominated party networks function as gatekeeping mechanisms...

The advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a critical debate: will it fortify democratic institutions or accelerate their decline? This paper evaluates AI’s dual role as both a potential guardian and disruptor of democracy in the Western hemisphere. At the centre of...

Regional economic conditions affect livelihoods and the geography of political resentment. Yet, individuals do not equally partake in their region’s economic fortunes, and their perceptions of relative deprivation need not be the same. Grievances are likely to be shaped not only by income...

Nepal is, according to its constitution, among the world's most decentralized countries, with a long and complex tradition of local-level public participation. This paper traces the evolution of Nepal's modern participatory institutions, examining the extent to which they are "induced" by...

The relation between income and democracy remains debated, empirically and theoretically. We propose a broader perspective that goes beyond a uni-directional and monocausal interpretation of the income-democracy nexus by focusing on the neglected role of the transition from economic stagnation...

We investigate how exposure to conflict events shapes individuals' democratic preferences, focusing on support for democracy in general and perceptions of governance within one's own country. We examine how ethnic affiliation - whether an individual belongs to an ethnic group with access to...

Personal relationships have historically been a significant influence in Thai culture, extending into national politics. Ties between members of the Senate and the House of Representatives through various networks are good examples of this observation. Academic research has suggested that such...

This handbook was created within the framework of the Ibero-American Network for Democracy and Artificial Intelligence (REDemocracIA), promoted by the Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Democracy at the Florence School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute.The...

This handbook was created within the framework of the Ibero-American Network for Democracy and Artificial Intelligence (REDemocracIA), promoted by the Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Democracy at the Florence School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute.The...

This report presents research findings on and recommendations for addressing core points of democratic fragility in the EU. Drawing on the results of a varied portfolio of EU-funded Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects, this report discusses various forms of democratic fragility, that...

The Charter on Youth and Democracy puts forward concrete recommendations relating to the democratic participation of young people to social, political and civic life at three levels of governance: the local and regional level; the national level; and the European level. It strives to build and...

The aim of this Toolkit is to introduce students to the topic of democratic participation in the European Union and equip them with the knowledge and skills allowing them to exercise their rights as EU citizens. As part of this exploration, the module focuses on the European Citizens'...