LEADERSHIP, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by ADENIYI ADEKUNLE

“…The study of the connection between leadership and good governance for national development has become essential with the restoration of democratic governance in Nigeria. In the first ten years of Nigeria Fourth Republic, leadership and good governance has faced a number of problems. …”
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Who’s afraid of Sahra – Understanding the shift in votes towards Germany’s Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht by Leon Heckmann, L Constantin Wurthmann, Sarah Wagner

“…A central question remains: to what extent can the BSW attract supporters from other parties such as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) or Social Democrats (SPD)? This study employs recent data from the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) panel to investigate voter flow dynamics and the issues motivating shifts towards the BSW. …”
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The Relationality of Collective Property. Commons and Convivial Conservation in Umbria, Italy by Michele Ravaioli

“…The analysis of the case studies, that are the Umbrian Comunanze Agrarie of Massa Martana and Colpetrazzo, confirms the positive relationality of collective property, counterposed to the socialisation of people and spaces linked to the territorialisation of individual private property, as it allows the maintenance of common goods and spaces which guarantee a direct and democratic territorial governance able to contrast the present socio-environmental challenges.…”
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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL APATHY IN NIGERIA FOURTH REPUBLIC by Stephenson Grace Ladi, Samuel Agwojogwa Stephenson

“…Electoral violence is one of the factors that precipitate the contemporary political apathy that threaten democratic consolidation because; democracy cannot thrive without popular majority participation in electioneering process. …”
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La Greta Thunberg du Le grand livre du climat by Ludovic Aubin, Renaud Hétier, Cécile Redondo, Nathanaël Wallenhorst

“…Our study focuses on Greta Thunberg and her Great Climate Book, with a view to identifying the key principles that inspire democratic socialisation in and through education. This contemporary activist is involved in media coverage of the climate and ecological cause, and embodies a message that concerns the transmission of biogeophysical scientific knowledge, and a political and media commitment to achieving socio-political breakthroughs that will guarantee the sustainability of human life in society in the Anthropocene epoch. …”
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FFS et RCD : partis nationaux ou partis kabyles ? by Ouali Ilikoud

“…Completed in the late 1990’s, the study ultimately questions the diverse attitudes of Berber political actors who face increasing risks of regional and ethnic isolation : How can such parties rise above the regional context to represent a viable democratic alternative for Algeria ?…”
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Catholicisme et nationalisme dans l’Italie fasciste : la réponse clérico-fasciste à la sécularisation d’une nation catholique (1919-1929) by Matteo BARAGLI

“…This result emphasized the effectiveness – pointed to by the Vatican as a model for other catholic countries – of national-catholicism as a successful alternative to liberal and democratic secularism.…”
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Relations publiques et gouvernance participative : une vision partagée du « vivre ensemble »? by Stéphanie Yates

“…In this perspective, public relations play a conciliatory function that, through dialogue, allows for a better understanding of the positions held by different actors in democratic societies, to a genuine inter-influence between organizations and stakeholders, and ultimately to more harmonious relations. …”
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Governance and artificial intelligence: the use of artificial intelligence in democracy and its impacts on the rights to participation by Moussa Theodore Zidouemba

“…Abstract This article highlights the influence of the implementation of Artificial intelligence (AI) based- systems in democratic governance and their potential threats to the rights to participation. …”
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Claims of Contemporary Political Representation Theory by Mateusz Zieliński

“…In doing so, I draw upon the influential theory of Michel Saward, whose contributions have ignited inter-paradigmatic debates involving, among others, feminist authors and theorists advocating for radical democratic theory. In the article, I explore both Saward’s own arguments and the key propositions presented by his opponents. …”
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THE ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIAN NATIONAL INTEGRATION by JIBRIN UMAR OMACHI

“…This study examines the challenges of Development Communication and stresses out the pertinence of Development Journalism in Nigeria as a democratic nation. It equally examines the development communication approaches to enhance national integration and development in the country. …”
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Le Krimi sous le Troisième Reich : une invention de l'étranger by Vincent Platini

“…Although Nazi Krimis and American hard-boiled stories converged to a certain extent, the German products differed unmistakably in their opposition to the imagination prevalent in democratic countries. Nevertheless, despite ideological pressures, the Krimi never became entirely subservient to the regime : it continued to harbor foreign influences and, by launching into imaginary exiles, even managed to mock the power of Nazism.…”
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Measuring the power of parties within US Government from 1993 to 2018: New key variables by Matteo Laruffa

“…The first part of the article provides an overall glance of the dimensions used for observing the political power during democratic crises. Then, it is concerned with the identification of some “compelling” dimensions of political behavior of parties, and an empirical analysis of the changes occurred in the American institutions conducted in a long-term perspective of the last 25 years. …”
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Maître ou esclave ? Jazz, ragtime et cake walk en Allemagne avant et après la Première Guerre mondiale by Pascale Cohen-Avenel

“…Others see it, however, as a radical rejuvenation of their own culture; and democrats envision it as a form of mass culture in keeping with the modern metropolis. …”
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Periodical Press in Alytus in 1920-1940 by Šarūnas Šimkevičius

“…The bulk of periodicals in this town was published by Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party local organisations. The first town's newspaper printed by the printing house in Kaunas was "Dzūkų bizūnas" (A dzūkai whip) published in 1925-1926. …”
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La nouvelle loi organique sur l’information de 2012 en Algérie : vers un ordre médiatique néo-autoritaire ? by Chérif Dris

“…Unlike other Arab authoritarian regimes, the Algerian government has allowed the emergence of private media and contradictory political debates. They have also democratized the use of Internet and have never stopped its access. …”
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Légitimité et révolution en Tunisie by Jean-Philippe Bras, Éric Gobe

“…In this scenario including the drafting of an electoral law, the High Authority for the Achievement of the Revolution Objectives, Political Reform and Democratic Transition (HIROR) played a fundamental role in the elaboration of the initial legal and political framework of Post-Ben Ali Tunisia. …”
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Les espaces de discussion sur Internet comme dépassement des communautarismes ? Le cas de l’agora virtuelle libanaise. by Rawad Chaker

“…We wonder whether the virtual agora fits into a democratic public space’s paradigm, which would then position it in the wider public debate about the Internet, education and citizenship issues. …”
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L’éducation populaire et coopérative à l’épreuve du philosopher by Sylvain Connac

“…Classes experimenting the philosophy within a vast program, organized every week of the discursive exchanges of democratic shape around questions lifted by the children and treated through particular philosophic constraints. …”
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INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR by Efeurhobo Davis Ochuko, Thomastina Nkechi Egbon

“…Insecurity arose from poor education etc. the study concluded that poor governance (democratic practice) has done terrible and incalculable damage to the educational sector of the country. …”
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