It thus follows that good functioning of democracy (good democracy) entails high salience of the local-urban dimension.
While this law has been important to the functioning of our democracy, the Supreme Court, in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee, has moved perilously close to abolishing it and opening the U.S. political process to foreign money, influence and--given the structure of some multinational corporations--direct pressure from foreign governments.
"Pluralist" models also took inspiration from this idea, placing among the essential conditions of good functioning of democracy the existence of fragmented, "overlapping majorities", guaranteeing an adequate replacement of power and the fact that no faction systematically find itself at a disadvantage (Dahl 1961 , 1978.
Examines the functioning of democracy in the US beginning with the theoretical foundations of democratic representation.
Providing teachers this freedom also sends the essential message that teachers are respected professionals whose work is vital to the effective functioning of a democracy and the well-being of its citizens.
It became a de facto referendum on the functioning of democracy in the United States as a whole.
According to LatinBarometer, 73% of Mexicans are "dissatisfied" with the functioning of democracy in the country, putting Mexico in a tie with Guatemala for last place in the region.
In 1997, the EU cited "the instability of Slovakia's institutions, their lack of rootedness in political life and the shortcomings in the functioning of its democracy", as factors barring it from membership.
The package amounts to a straightforward attack on freedom of speech and democracy – in the name of the "functioning of democracy".
