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Political Parties and the Party System by Botterill, L., Fenna, Alan

“…A great deal depends on parties in a liberal democracy: as the vehicle through which individuals achieve and hold office, they are the key link between citizens and government. …”
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Forces of inertia by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…"If India is to build a stable liberal democracy, if we are to empower the vast mass of the Indian public, if we want to give ourselves a more equitable and fair society, and if we want sustainable economic growth, then our university system desperately needs to be reformed." …”
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Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar by Pearson, M., Fernandez, Joseph

“…Australia has ranked among the top 30 nations in recent world press freedom surveys published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Freedom House and is broadly regarded as a substantially free Western liberal democracy. This article considers how the methodologies of those organisations assess the impact upon media freedom of a range of recent decisions and actions by Australian politicians, judges and government agencies. …”
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Temptations of Power: Islamists & Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East. By Shadi Hamid. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 280. ISBN 978-0-19931405-8 by Abdel Salam, El Fatih Abdullahi

“…The Berlin Wall had fallen; liberal democracy had won. But what of ‘illiberal’ democracy – the idea that popular majorities, working through the democratic process, might reject gender equality, religious freedom, and other norms that Western democracies take for granted? …”
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V. I. Lenin on democracy by Pateman, Joe

“…Lenin also offers a provocative critique of liberal democracy, or what he calls ‘bourgeois’ democracy. …”
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Governance and development: a perspective on Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (1971-1990) by Eisa, Garout Suliman

“…Though it may not be ideal in terms of textbook models of liberal democracy, yet governance in Malaysia is better than most developing countries in terms of performance. …”
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Terrorism post 11 September 2001: the economic globalisation and religion (Islamophobia) perspective by Mustafa, Mahfudzah, Ahmad, Zaid, Jawan, Jayum, Md Nor, Mohd Sabri, Othman, Muhammad Helmi

“…The end of Cold War has seen war as not only based on the question of ideology such as the clashes between socialism and capitalism, communism versus liberal democracy but it has radically changed into discourses and questions of identity, civilisations and religion. …”
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Democracy, democratization and ideological conflicts/polarization in the contemporary muslim societies by Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin

“…It appears that democratization of Muslim societies in the image of Western liberal democracy is difficult. Yet, the institutional approach to democracy provides a common ground for cooperation between Islam and the West. …”
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The Consequences of comprising politics : The United States and the Arab Countries of the Middle East by Zandani, Ahmed Abdul Wahid

“…Bush revolved around three main issues: waging war on “terrorism,” applying liberal democracy and liberal economy. The policies of the selected cases demonstrate that the Arab regional system was being highly penetrated by the United States. …”
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Yang-May Oois the flame tree and the politics of environment in Malaysia by Zainal, Zainor Izat

“…In the case of Malaysia, it is within a semi-democracy that environmental politics takes place, which is characterised by liberal democracy (such as competitive elections, citizen participation and civil liberties) as well as authoritarian rule (dominant political ruling parties and strong interventionist states). …”
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Yang-May Ooi's The Flame Tree and the politics of environment in Malaysia by Zainal, Zainor Izat

“…In the case of Malaysia, it is within a semi-democracy that environmental politics takes place, which is characterised by liberal democracy (such as competitive elections, citizen participation and civil liberties) as well as authoritarian rule (dominant political ruling parties and strong interventionist states). …”
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Politically Equal But Still Underrepresented: Women And Local Democratic Politics In Indonesia by Sobari, Wawan

“…This research challenges the relevance of a change towards liberal democracy for gender equality. In particular, it connects the political logic of the survival and failure of incumbents in the direct election for local leaders (pilkada) with the acceptance of gender related considerations in local policies and women preferences in voting. …”
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Exploring the social factors influencing voting behavior in 2019 National Assembly elections in Gombe State, Nigeria by Tal, Mohammed Kwarah, Ismail, Mohd Mahadee, Ku Shamsu, Ku Hasnita, Adnan, Zatul Himmah

“…The paper applies classical liberal democracy theory and a qualitative case study design. …”
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Representing ecological threats and negotiating green built environment by Kerr, Thor Antony

“…It found that spatially and temporally immediate threats were more meaningful and motivating than distant, future threats; and that people responded conservatively when they realized that a sensually experienced object of the environment faced immediate threat.These findings have implications for understanding the relations of imposing and resisting green zones of capital accumulation, and for understanding the separation of analysis from action in liberal democracy. The findings suggest a way out of ecological crisis through an ethics of ecological threat representation that acknowledges the operation of affective investment in practical reason. …”
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Doing God in public: an Anglican interpretation of MacIntyre’s tradition-based reasoning as a Christian praxis for a pluralist world by Rowland Jones, Sarah Caroline

“…Through distinguishing between MacIntyre’s ‘utopian’ theory and his practical requirement merely to be ‘good enough’ to ‘go on and go further’, I argue that we find effective resources for extensive moral rational engagement with other traditions, and, more surprisingly, within liberal democracy. This, I agree with Jeffrey Stout, has the potential to operate, to a useful degree, as akin to a ‘tradition’. …”
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Political extremism, conflict identities and the search for ontological security in contemporary established democracies by Rich, Ben

“…This paper argues that a key element driving political instability and politically extreme movements in contemporary liberal democracies is found in the search for ontological security by groups disaffected under globalisation and the uncertain conditions of late modernity. …”
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Deliberative democracy: A Malaysian Perspective by Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin

“…This paper discusses briefly first the theory of deliberative democracy as an important aspect of the democratic system of governance which encourages citizens to participate in decision-making process by thinking and debating critically on issues that are political and of public interest especially with regard to policies that impact their daily lives and their future.This paper then analyses this theory from the Malaysian political perspective.Malaysia has different approaches toward implementing deliberative democracy.This is because of the nature of society and political circumstances of the country.While Malaysia rejects liberal democracy but it embraces elite deliberation which believes that democracy should be applied responsibly without jeopardising racial and religious harmony which calls for limiting certain democratic practices, such as freedom of speech and that of the press.…”
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Why do we need ‘myth-busting’ in the study of Sino–African relations? by Hirono, Miwa, Suzuki, Shogo

“…Many countries, including Western liberal democracies, similarly give aid to local autocrats to secure natural resources. …”
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Changing times and agrarian unrest in Nueva Ecija: The breakdown of share tenancy in a Philippine province during the early twentieth century by Santiago, Jr., Fernando A.

“…The early twentieth century was a time of tremendous change for the Philippines when American rule,liberal democracy and capitalism, introduced a generation of Filipinos to a new world.As they navigated their way through the era they faced new sets of challenges. …”
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The Big society's new public sphere? faith after community cohesion by Ahmad, Khairil Izamin

“…This paper seeks to critically examine contemporary debates regarding the position of religion and religious citizens in the public spheres of contemporary liberal democracies. This will be done by exploring if and how the role of faith and faith communities will be reconfigured under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s Big Society project in the UK, in contrast to New Labour’s community cohesion initiative, vis-à-vis the former’s call for the reaffirmation of ‘British values’ at the national level. …”
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