Article: Renewing democracy, one young voter at a time.(USA)

Article: RENEWING DEMOCRACY IS HUMBLING.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 28, 2001 ;     692 words ... ... Desfosses stood before about three dozen people in her Rosemont Street living room the other night to tell them that all the votes were in, and yes, she had been effectively re-elected president of the Albany Common Council. She didn't go on long at ...

Article: Renewing Democracy in Schools.
Phi Delta Kappan;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Ms. Noddings argues that the movement for uniform standards may actually handicap efforts to renew democracy in the schools. TODAY'S school reform efforts aim almost exclusively at increasing the academic achievement of students. Despite their narrow focus, reform efforts are usually "systemic" in

Article: On renewing democracy and civic life: how ...
Natural Life;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...It's ironic that as many countries are rejecting totalitarian regimes and trying to implement Western-style governments, democracy in North America is experiencing growing pains. Trust in government is steadily declining and ordinary citizens feel that they have been displaced by a professional

Article: Council wins backing for fight against PR vote
The Scotsman;  November 4, 2003 ;     586 words ... ... system, electors can vote for as many candidates ... choice does not need their vote, either because they ... without it or have so few votes that they cannot be elected ... candidate is given that vote. However, instead of ... by the authority's renewing democracy committee tomorrow The ...

Article: PERSPECTIVE : How can we cross the voting desert; Falling voter ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... poorest do not have the right to vote because they are not on the ... per cent of those eligible to vote. And on the third, though ... is no 'magic bullet' for renewing democracy. But we must face the scale ... vision and ideology and can vote with a sense of optimism ...

Article: Time for a ballot box revolution
Evening News - Scotland;  March 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... has had the right to vote. But our society still ... to seats rather than votes, it fails to reflect ... If people think their vote doesn't count, they ... bother turning out to vote. In 2000, the Independent Working Group on Renewing Democracy, set up by the Scottish ...

Article: Kilts with everything
Scotland on Sunday;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... proportion used their second vote to create an unprecedentedly ... suffered, amounted to a decisive vote against modernised, managerialist ... restless public unwilling to vote for any alternative government ... Whether it is the challenge of renewing democracy, tackling drug cultures or ...