It is only in the past 10 years that the elections have gained some semblance of democracy.

The semblance of those who believe not in the life to come is that of the meanest but the semblance of God is the most sublime , for He is all mighty and all wise .

The semblance of those who believe not in the life to come is that of the meanest but the semblance of God is the most sublime , for He is all mighty and all wise .

The problem is that the semblance of choice in libertarian paternalism is an illusion.

Theater goers also seek relief in the arts or a semblance of normality in Gaza.

It must maintain some semblance of coherence for any campaign that should be established to succeed.

And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance .

And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance .

I can assure members that if there is any semblance of human rights violations, those violations are not deliberate.

In this way, petitioners will receive some semblance of the due process that constitutions and human rights covenants generally require.

With her semblance of moderation, she is far more appealing than her father and former party leader, Jean Marie Le Pen.

Indeed, self employment is an increasingly attractive option for workers seeking some semblance of job security in an unpredictable and challenging labor market.

The protests are clearly the result of ordinary citizens becoming fed up with corruption, the lack of any semblance of rule of law, and arbitrary treatment.

A recent decree, widely condemned abroad, allows the government to appoint two thirds of the Academy s members, thereby ending even the semblance of scientific independence.

That provides the rationale for the Fed s zero interest rate policy but at the obvious cost of discriminating against savers, who lose any semblance of interest income.

The semblance of these two groups is that of a man who is deaf and blind , and the other who can hear and see . Can they be equal ?

The semblance of these two groups is that of a man who is deaf and blind , and the other who can hear and see . Can they be equal ?

The semblance of those who take protectors besides God is that of the spider . She arranges a house for herself , but the flimsiest of houses is the spider 's .

From Christian Democracy to Muslim Democracy?

Illusions of Democracy

The reaction of Boot, and others of his persuasion, points to a genuine dilemma that always occurs in authoritarian systems that use some semblance of democracy to bolster their legitimacy. What are opposition candidates to do when they are asked to take part in elections that they know they cannot win, or that, even when they can win, will give them only minimal authority?

Democracy has, of course, degenerated into what is sometimes called managed democracy.

The solution to the problems of democracy tends to be more democracy.

Is it democracy with adjectives, such as managed democracy, illiberal democracy, or electoral democracy? Only a few pundits stubbornly adhere to this approach.

The Limits of Democracy

However, the democracy fund should be used to support countries' home grown institutions of democracy and not to import foreign brands of democracy and to use them as a conditionality for accessing the democracy fund.

Otherwise, there will be democracy, but there may also be a failure of democracy.

India is a democracy, and Pakistan a wayward democracy.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge I try to convey a semblance of truth in my writing to produce for these shadows of the imagination a willing suspension of disbelief that, for a moment, constitutes poetic faith.

Even the Turkish Academy of Sciences has been targeted. A recent decree, widely condemned abroad, allows the government to appoint two thirds of the Academy s members, thereby ending even the semblance of scientific independence.

Democracy

Democracy

The Trials of Asian Democracy

The Age of Authoritarian Democracy

The Crisis of Thai Democracy

The Euro s Crisis of Democracy

The Inevitability of Chinese Democracy

The Myth of Khaki Democracy

The Communist government managed to stay in power after Tiananmen not just through brute force. A semblance of political legitimacy, especially among the educated middle class, was purchased with the promise of greater wealth.

It is not about democracy, for democracy is but a tool.

The semblance of the infidels is that of a man who shouts to one that cannot hear more than a call and a cry . They are deaf , dumb and blind , and they fail to understand .

Rethinking Democracy

Damaged Democracy

Ennobling Democracy

Democracy Now!