In Beijing, Antonia Finnane looks at a ten-year plan for a staged transition to constitutional democracy
22 Apr 12 Comments (2)Havel’s legacy
Václav Havel, who died in December, was Orwell’s true successor, writes Jane Goodall
09 Jan 12 Comments (0)Will democracy survive?
Democracy did not emerge as an historical inevitability, John Keane tells Peter Clarke
15 Sep 09 Comments (0)Australian democracy’s mixed scorecard
Norman Abjorensen, co-author of Australia: The State of Democracy, runs a tape-measure over the nation’s democratic institutions and practices
29 Jul 09 Comments (4)The real crisis of democracy
Fortunately the Institute of Public Affairs has had less influence than it has sought over the past sixty-six years, writes Norman Abjorensen
26 May 09 Comments (0)Winners and losers
Will the beneficiaries of Afghanistan’s hastily designed electoral system give ground in the interests of long-term stability, asks Norm Kelly
02 May 09 Comments (0)The stuff that myths are made of
As a political tool the internet is neither “top down” nor “bottom up,” argues Mark Bahnisch in this review of The Myth of Digital Democracy
14 Jan 09 Comments (2)Politics and money: signs of progress
On political donations and spending, Labor is making tentative moves in the right direction, writes Norm Kelly
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