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Geopolitical Arguments: the example of TURKEY Firstable, a country which desire is to form part of the European Union must be a liberal democracy. The first condition is obviously to respect entirely the Human Rights. Some candidates countries don’t implement that. In Turkey for example mass media are always partially controlled by the government itself controlled by the army. Moreover the disparities between men and women are very strong. In spite of a theoretical balance rights between

corruption in Africa has been openly expressed since early 1990, spawned by pro-democracy movements that drew large numbers of people into political debate and encouraged them to organize street protests, and strikes. And other outbursts of discontent introduced multiparty politics to many Africans and even sometimes urged people to remove unpopular leaders, either through the ballot-box or outright revolt. The emerging pro-democracy forces not only asserted the right of ordinary citizens to speak out and

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BUDGE I., A New Spatial of Party Competition: Uncertainly, Ideology and Policy Equilibrium Viewed Comparatively and Temporally, British Journal of Political Science, Vol.24, n 4, October 1994, pp. 443-467. BUDGE I., KEMAN H., Parties and Democracy: Coalition Formation and Government Functioning in Twenty States, Oxford, University Press, 1990,243 Pages. BURDEAU G., Les parties, phénomène ancien et neuf, in BURDEAU G., Traité de science Politique, Paris, Librairie Générale de Droit et de

lots of flavours, tasty… QUestion 1: shake head from side to side Basically to say go ahead, I am listening to you Question 2: to say hello (OFFICIALLY ...) If you want to be formal or just polite, bow deeply from the waist and say Namaste. democracy It is the biggest one but sort of anarchy. 1.2 billion People and 700 millions voting. gandi * Peaceful revolution * Was a lawyer in Britain and went to Sth Africa. He started to be interested into protecting the Indians. * He was

have to face. For them, the war escalates; the number of civil victims increases every day and the poverty progresses. The regime of the Taliban was particularly stiff but the population lived then in peace. Moreover, in a country where the word "democracy" does not exist, how it is possible to hope to shatter ancestral principles? The population, very young, desires the western lifestyle, but it stays only illusion and only some individuals dare to defy the principles of a fundamental Islam by participating

the European Parliament and the Court of Human Rights? 4) What are your personal impressions after visiting the Council of Europe and attending the Parliamentary session? (200 words) 1. The Council was set up to defend human rights, parliamentary democracy and the rule of law, develop continent-wide agreements to standardize member countries' social and legal practices, and promote awareness of a European identity based on shared values and cutting across different cultures, since 1989. 2. The Council

|Organisation of African Unity” |Anjov Kehaga Terfa (Benue State University, Nigeria), “Traditional Values | | |and the Sustenance of Democracy in Africa” | 11:00am—11:15am Break Wednesday, 2 April 2008 11:15am — 1:15pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |

l’espace public. Aussi, selon Thompson et Gutmann la démocratie par délibération envahirait la vie sociale, et détruirait le fonctionnement er le rôle des institutions politiques non délibératives. En outre, Cass R.Sunstein explique dans son ouvrage Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech, que  la délibération peut déboucher aussi bien sur le consensus que sur la polarisation des opinions, et sur une montée aux extrêmes, que cela  peut mener à la radicalisation des groupes.[6] Il explique de plus  que

pas se servir d’Internet et n’a pas l’air franchement dangereux. Pourtant, ses idées peuvent s’avérer fatales pour les despotes de la planète. From Dictatorship to Democracy : téléchargeable en 24 langues sur InternetDepuis des décennies, en effet, ses écrits sur la révolution non-violente – notamment From Dictatorship to Democracy (De la dictature à la démocratie), un livre de 93 pages, téléchargeable en 24 langues sur Internet – sont une source d’inspiration pour les opposants du monde entier