What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

Just three months after the village of Okawa, Kochi Prefecture, drew national attention by announcing it might abolish its elected council due to a lack of qualified candidates and introduce direct ...

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus chief executive Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱) yesterday said that he welcomes and supports civic groups’ exercise of “direct democracy” regarding ongoing referendum ...

THIS is apropos of A.G. Noorani's article 'Dysfunctional America' (March 6). Typically, in a 'democracy' the majority rules, i.e 51 per cent beats 49 per cent and no questions asked. America was never ...

I received an Alberta Federation of Labour email asking me to sign a petition for the recall of Rebecca Schulz, MLA for ...