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schumpéterienne dans les travaux économiques, voir Vreeland J.R. [2003], « A Continuous Schumpeterian Conception of Democracy », Annual Meetign of the American Political Association, Philadelphia ; ou Barro R.J. [1997], « Determinants of Democracy », Development Discussion Paper n°570, Harvard Institute for International Development 22 Dahl R.A. [1999], A note on Politics, Institutions, Democracy and Equality, Background Papers for WDR 2000, Washington D.C. 23 Voir Gastil R.D. [1986], Freedom in the World

deux courants de pensée. 34 B. BARBER, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, University of California Press, 1984. 35 C. MOUFFE, The Democratic Paradox, London/New York, Verso, 2000. 36 Voir entre autres J. SCHUMPETER, Capitalisme, socialisme et démocratie, Paris, Petite bibliothèque Payot, 1946. Cette vision en termes de «préférence» de la démocratie nourrira les tenants du Public Choice. Voir J. BOHMAN et W. REHG, Deliberative Democracy: Essays on Reason and Politics, Cambridge,

argued that a low turnout is not necessarily a bad thing. It might even be considered as an indication of voter satisfaction and trust in the established system. This view, however, is rather out of step with the growing demand for participatory democracy in today’s world. As far as the EU elections are concerned, there are two basic reasons why turnout matters. First, abstention from the polls notably diminishes the legitimacy of the electoral process, of the European Parliament itself and of the

En quête de sécurité: L'avenir du maintien de l'ordre au Canada, Ottawa, Ministère des travaux publics et des services gouvernementaux. CRAWFORD A., 2006, Policing and security as 'club goods': the new enclosures?, in WOOD J., DUPONT B., Eds., Democracy, society and the governance of security, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 111-138. CRAWFORD A., LISTER S., WALL D., 2003, Great expectations: Contracted community policing in New Earswick, York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. CRAWFORD A., LISTER

to the inherent risks. Hard earned foreign investment has a habit of exercising sudden reversal in response to economic setbacks in far off countries. [http://ftp.iza.org/dp1925.pdf] What will be the impact of globalization on movements for democracy and human rights? Globalization's impact on democratization has been the infusion of democratic norms, and the principles of human rights that support them, into many international and regional institutions. The principle of accountability for

privée à appeler à de nécessaires bouleversements… Sur ce point, voir Luis R. Busato, « Media in Democratic Transition », Media in Transition. From Totalitarism to 184 Le rôle des médias et des nouvelles technologies de la communication... Democracy, edited by Oleg Manaev and Yuri Pryliuk, Kyïv Abris, 1993, p. 179. 4. Pour plus de détails, se reporter à Renaud de La Brosse, Le rôle de la presse écrite dans la transition démocratique en Afrique, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, Thèse

Entreprises religieuses transnationales en Afrique de l’Ouest, Paris, Karthala, 2005. 22. Voir M. Ottaway, Democracy Challenged : The Rise of Semi-Authoritarianism, Washington DC, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003, p. 12-14. Voir aussi T. Carothers, « The end of the transition paradigm », Journal of Democracy, vol. 13, n° 1, 2002, p. 5-21 ; C. Santiso, « International co-operation for democracy and good governance : moving towards a second generation ? », European Journal of Development Research

décide, par 6 voix contre 4, que Marín ne peut être tenu responsable de l'arrestation de Cacho ni des intimidations qu'elle a subies. Drug Dealers VS Free expression in Mexico. The year 2009 will be remembered as an abominable one for Mexican democracy. Not only because of an increase of violence between the government and the drug traffickers (the city of Ciudad Juárez is now among the deadliest places in the world, with about 2,250 killings this year), but also because to report on these offences

one, incessantly creating a new one. This process of creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism. It is what capitalism consists in and what every capitalist concern has got to live in. . . . [Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, 1942: 82] 25 SCHUMPETER 1883-1950 Ouvrage: THEORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1911 • • • • • Invention VS innovation Innovation comme nouveaux produits, nouvelle qualité d’un produit, nouveaux méthodes de production, ouverture de nouveaux marchés

Paris 1973 -> Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom joined ECSC 1981 -> Greece 1986 -> Spain and Portugal In 1991, political transformations in the European continent (fall of the Berlin Wall), reunification of Germany. It means an advent of democracy in central and Eastern Europe. Maastricht treaty in December 1991, came into force in 1993 (EEC->EU), Austria, Sweden and Finland joined the EU in 1995. In the mid 1990’s Bulgaria, Czech republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the three Baltic States