Democracy is a very inflated word.
On September 18, 2008: Former prime minister,
Tony Blair
participated at
John Steward's Daily Show. Listen to
this interview
where they agree that there has never been a war between two democracies. Is that correct? What about Georgia and Russia?
Professor
Stein Ringen at UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Social Sciences Division has recently written a book why democracy --
Hvorfor Demokrati
He was interviewed about the book. Here are some subjects mentioned in the book:
- The development of methodology has not come very long in the social sciences.
- Economists have come much further in their development of methods.
- There are more democracies on the earth than ever.
- The quality has declined of the old democracies. E.g. There is a confidence gap between those that rule and those being ruled.
Related Link:
Democracy Now! | Radio and TV News
Also in the same subject area an interview I saw today with Francis Fukuyama about his book:
The End of History and the Last Man