Beyond the Ballot Box:Report from the Deepening and Sustaining Democracy in Asia Conference,11-14 2009

Beyond the Ballot Box 

Report from the Deepening and Sustaining Democracy in Asia Conference, 11-14 October 2009

  Publication Year: 2010

 ISBN Number: 978-99936-14-61-6

  PAGES: 373

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Table of Contents

Topic	Author	Page No.
Title and contents		vii
Foreword and acknowledgements		vii
Introduction		x
Opening Remarks	Dasho Karma Ura	xxi
Keynote Address	Mr Ajay Chhibber	1
Keynote Address	HE Jigmi Y Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan	10
Foundations of Democracy
Public Opinion, Happiness, and the Will of the People: Policy-making in a Democracy	Dr Henry S Richardson	25
Democracy and Difference: Going beyond Liberal Freedoms and Illiberal Order	Dr Peter Hershock	60
Constitutional Values and Rule of Law	Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi	101
Experiences in Democracy
Democracy in the Non-West: Facts, Fictions and Frictions	Dr Nitasha Kaul	115
Constitution – the King’s Gift: Defiling and Sanctifying a Sacred Gift	Dasho Sonam Kinga	134
Experience of Indian Democracy	Pavan K Varma	181
Grass Roots Democracy and Decentralisation	Dr George Mathew	189
Civic Rights and Participation
Women’s Role in Politics – Quantity and Quality	Sultana Kamal	209
Civil liberties and Security	Anthony Grayling	229
Citizen’s Assessment of Parliaments Performance	Ahmed Mehboob	237
Election and Justice
The Majority Judgement: A New Mechanism for Electing and Ranking	Professor Michel Balinski	257
Happiness and Punishment	John Bronsteen	269
Accountability and Freedom
. Voice, Accountability and Freedom	Dr Sabina Marie Alkire	292
Concluding Remarks	HE Jigmi Y Thinley	320
Biographies		373

 

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