a way of running an organization that involves employees in strategy and decision making. Industrial democracy involves employee participation in management, which encourages empowerment and aids motivation. It can be facilitated by such setups as consultation committees. In an industrial democracy, workers should not only share in inputs to the running of the organization but also in its outputs, for example, by taking part in a profit-sharing plan.
In Europe and United States, the use of the Internet and other computer networks in the public sector has sparked a debate about new forms of democracy. This paper analyses how the use of Internet technologies by governments to provide services and interact with citizens - so-called e-government - contributes...
This paper tells about the NGOs who would expose Arabs to a form of micro democracy, the thinking went, by habituating them to the concepts of civic participation and decision making through taking part in no threatening local issues while avoiding core issues of civil and political rights. This would...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Democracy 21: WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Democracy 21:
WASHINGTON, June 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Endowment for Democracy NED is issuing a comprehensive new study examining the efforts of foreign governments to impede U.S. programs for democracy assistance. The report was prepared at the request ofWASHINGTON, June 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Endowment for Democracy...
IF EVERYONE agrees that democracy is good for countries, why is it not good for companies too? Not wimpy representative democracy, where board members defend the interests of majority shareholders, but genuine universal suffrage: one employee, one voteIF EVERYONE agrees that democracy is good for countries, why...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following statement was released today by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following statement was released today by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer:
As the WTO accretes power, challenges to its authority will only increase. The phrase "democracy deficit" has been used in different literatures, as applied to different institutions, to express a structural isolation from popular input. It is often, though not always, used as a critique. The WTO is afflicted with...
Democracy is under strain in several Andean countries. We report from Ecuador, where the president has been overthrown; and from protest-racked Bolivia Democracy is under strain in several Andean countries. We report from Ecuador, where the president has been overthrown; and from protest-racked...
The question this article addresses is does increased democracy promote or jeopardize Foreign Direct Investment FDI inflows to Less Developed Countries LDCs. It argues that democracy affects FDI inflows through competing causal avenues. On one hand, the higher levels of political participation and representation that are part of more democratic...
This paper discusses one aspect of the relationship that the use of Information and Communication Technology ICT in business has with the use of ICT in government and administration. It argues that democracies rely on their ethical legitimacy and that framing e-Government and e-Democracy in commercial terms can jeopardise this...
WASHINGTON, June 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on the Federal Election Commission: WASHINGTON, June 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on the Federal Election Commission:
"This place is a much more sophisticated junior high school. There are the nice guys that everybody likes, the jocks, the geeks, the bullies--they're all here. It's a representative democracy." The youngest member of Congress, 30-year-old Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) thinks he has a handle on how Congress works and how...
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice & Democracy released the following statement today: NEW YORK, Dec. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice & Democracy released the following statement today:
The health of a democracy can often measured by small acts that might otherwise escape our notice. The health of a democracy can often measured by small acts that might otherwise escape our notice.
This paper explores three issues. First, it will consider the scope for new forms of participatory or deliberative democracy in an age of widespread although far from universal Internet access. Second, it will consider the potential for online media to act as conduits for new forms of citizen engagement with...
NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following "News Backgrounder" was released today by the Center for Justice & Democracy: NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following "News Backgrounder" was released today by the Center for Justice & Democracy:
The question this article tries to address is does increased democracy promote or jeopardize Foreign Direct Investment FDI in Less Developed Countries LDCs. Existing literature presents conflicting expectations to the question. It argues that increased levels of democracy in LDCs will lead to reduced FDI flows: increased popular access to...
Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism is Putting Democracy at Risk by Davis Merritt, AMACOM, 1601 Broadway, NY, NY 10019, www.amacombooks.org, ISBN: 0-8144-0854-0 240 pages, $24.95.
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