#Polity

Filipe Brito Bastos

Rules of procedure - QMV and unanimity - exist for a reason. Can we really imagine a scenario where the frugals, knowing they'd be outvoted anyway, would become more cooperative?

1. geography: large island, small population, massive oceans between us and other continents.2. polity. Incredibly compliant population, including under heavy handed policing.3. internal borders. States that can and did close,

Women & Church PolityIn a recent survey I did of SBC Women over 90% of the women were not licensed. Of those 46% were full time, 10% part time, and

Since we're having this strange argument about "democracy" v. "republic" again, let me put in a case for the term "Constitutional democracy" to describe our system of government. Constitutional means

Noah Smith 🐇

Andrew Yang on coronavirus and discrimination against Asian-Americans.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/andrew-yang-coronavirus-discrimination/ After thinking long and hard about this article, I'm not sure what I think about it.O

Preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Exam? Then you know that you have to read multiple books.But instead of reading 5 books per subject, value lies in reading a single

Muhammadu Buhari

Congratulations to US President-Elect Joe Biden on his election at a time of uncertainty and fear in world affairs. His election is a reminder that democracy is the best form

Short thread on the so-called EU’s flawed approach to #Brexit negs. 1. EU behaved like a polity-primary & most important objective was & is protect the genus-the collective. @BrigidLaffan 2.

In light of yesterday's Mueller testimony, let's reflect on American Democracy. More specifically, how democratic is the US? "City on the Hill" or "Overinflated Sense of Self"?Ultimately, this is a

I've seen this sentiment expressed a lot by Hindu Nationalists, and while I understand its a comforting thought for them, it is not true. Mughal domination of India was shattered

Nisheeth Sharan

Probably the right time to share some facts of Bhopal.Bhopal was annexed into India after 21 months of Independence in June 1949.If the Nawab had his way, he wanted to

Chambi Chachage (CC)

1/ #ZanzibariLivesMatter:As someone who has closely followed/wrote about the #Zanzibar Question in #Tanzania for 10+ years,I would say the seeds of what is happening now were watered in 2015 after

Yadavs are roughly 14.5% of the population in Bihar. They dominate the politics there, not just in terms of seats, but in terms of leadership projection.Muslims are almost 17% of

Maybe the way out is a commitment to more localism / federalism?An acknowledgment that there is a bimodal distribution of culture and mores that will never ever get along Want

Adam Serwer 🍝

There’s no rhetorical defense that will convince people who think that black people voting is an affront to democracy. It’s not an issue of how votes are reported. It’s normative

𝔖𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔞𝔥 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨

OK new way to put this, which is hopefully less partisan or inflammatory: we should, if we are going to have voting be the way that we choose our leaders,