Jonathan Madison
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Lessons on Liberal Balance from Brazil - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, liberal democracy seemed globally ascendant. Yet in recent years, that trend has reversed, as countries across the globe have experienced downturns in measures of democracy. Leaders from Turkey to Venezuela have amassed ever greater degrees of power, a phenomenon that Thomas Carothers and Brendan Hartnett, writing in the Journal of Democracy, blame squarely on personal political ambition and behavior, not on the failure of liberal democracy to
The Maine Crisis: Separating Selection from Election - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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As the midterm elections heat up, Maine has emerged as the latest political flashpoint after controversial Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign went up in smoke. Platner’s case demonstrates the dangers of conflating elections with candidate selection, as has become common in America. It is time to separate the selection of candidates from the general election via the privatization of political parties and the opening up of general election ballots. In a video ending his campaign
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