by Henry Oliner | Feb 5, 2017 | Politics, Progressivism
From Fareed Zakaria in Foreign Affairs from 1997, The Rise of Illiberal Democracy: (this may require registration to read the whole article which I encourage. ) Illiberal democracies gain legitimacy, and thus strength, from the fact that they are reasonably...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 31, 2017 | Politics, Progressivism
From Fareed Zakaria in Foreign Affairs from 1997, The Rise of Illiberal Democracy: (this may require registration to read the whole article which I encourage. ) It is odd that the United States is so often the advocate of elections and plebiscitary democracy abroad....
by Henry Oliner | Jan 15, 2017 | Politics
An excellent summary of the difference between constitutional liberalism and democracy.