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Democracy & political naivete.
The major problem with democracy is the foolishness of our fellow citizens. This may sound like an arrogantly partisan remark, but it is not. Wherever we are on the political spectrum, we all agree on that. Each of us would describe foolishness differently, no doubt, but no one denies that it's there. And that raises an interesting possibility: Would it be possible for right and left to agree on the general specification of foolishness in politics?
Politically speaking, I am way out on what is often misleadingly called "the right" (i.e., the libertarian and conservative lot), but my general view would certainly be echoed by left-wingers, who are constantly ...
- Farmers' airport protests show Fox's political naivete.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Iliff, Laurence July 14, 2002 700+ words
...farming town Thursday _ taking a dozen hostages _ are turning the $2.3 billion airport project into a monument to Fox's political naivete and heavy-handedness, some analysts said. At stake is the very promise of a new democratic society led by the first...
- Farmers' airport protests show Fox's political naivete.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) July 14, 2002 700+ words
...farming town Thursday _ taking a dozen hostages _ are turning the $2.3 billion airport project into a monument to Fox's political naivete and heavy-handedness, some analysts said. At stake is the very promise of a new democratic society led by the first...
- Right-wing populist parties in Austria and Switzerland: a comparative analysis...
- Magazine article from: West European Politics Helms, Ludger April 1, 1997 700+ words
...with regard to the comparative study of right-wing populist parties as one of the most discussed...article begins by identifying the relevant right-wing populist parties in both countries...regarding the conditions of success for right-wing populist parties. DEFINING ...
- YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PARANOID TO SUSPECT RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) April 1, 1998 700+ words
...believe I could prove that there is a right-wing conspiracy to destroy President Clinton...defeated President Bush in 1992, the right wing of this country, long complacent about...revitalization of the inner city and what the right wing considered a return to the 1960s social...
- Attribution of right-wing authoritarianism as a function of self-perceived...
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Social Psychology Ahrens, C.R. Innes, J.M. June 1, 1994 700+ words
...of beliefs studied for many years is right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), which may...National Party, n = 16, or Liberal Party [right-wing in Australia], n = 6), or a left...n = 19), moderate (n = 15), or right wing (n = 15). The RWA attributions were...
- Feminist theory and the right-wing: Shiv Sena women mobilize Mumbai (1).
- Magazine article from: Journal of International Women's Studies Bedi, Tarini May 1, 2006 700+ words
...s public participation in religious, right-wing agendas. It specifically explores the...activities of the women's wing of the right-wing, Shiv Sena party (Shivaji's Army...world. Keywords: feminist theory, right-wing women, religious nationalism Introduction...
- Right-wing authoritarianism and political intolerance among Whites in the...
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Social Psychology Duckitt, John Farre, Belinda December 1, 1994 700+ words
...scale, Altemeyer (1981) developed his Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA) scale as a new...tends to be consistently associated with right-wing politics, particularly among politically...proscribed by the authorities but also right-wing groups. These right-wing groups ...
- Politics Against Democracy: Right-Wing Extremism in West Germany.
- Magazine article from: West European Politics Schonwalder, Karen April 1, 1995 700+ words
...unexpected electoral successes of the right-wing 'Republikaner' and the National...horizons of recent developments of right-wing extremism and racist violence in Germany. Who are the right-wing extremists and racists? Do their...
Source: HighBeam Research, Democracy & political naivete.