Will Democracy Survive World War III? Ideas for Promoting Peace

The focus of this article is not to serve as a commentary on political and war events around the world or specifically in Eastern Europe, there are many of those. The goal is how to draw lessons to apply democracy in our daily lives, at work, at school, in the family, and so forth. There …

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Democracy has ‘old’ roots, but they go beyond those of Ancient Greece

The Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

The history of democracy is long and complex. There is more to the history of democracy than “the standard history of democracy” as Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics at Deakin University, refers to. The history of democracy stretches beyond the familiar tale of Ancient Greece, then the “American Declaration of Independence and the French …

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Compare and Contrast Autocratic and Democratic Leadership Styles

The United States Capitol Building, one of the landmark symbols of democracy. When assessing the health of our democracies, a key question is: How democratic are the places where we spend the most time, our workplaces? Are they shining symbols of democracy?

There is a growing trend to incorporate democratic principles in our workplaces. Rather than comparing and contrasting autocratic and democratic leadership styles in politics, we will do so in our workplaces, where we spend most of our waking hours. When we think of democracy, we should think of democratic principles in the areas of life …

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