Lisa Disch on Representation, Constituencies, and Political Leadership
Democracy Paradox
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The Politics of the Elections - What's Going on in the Middle East Right Now?
The two party first passed the post system means that a candidate wins with the most votes, whether they get a majority or not. This allows for much greater complexity in terms of our political choice than any other part of our lives. When there was really a shift in the balance of power, what was going on then was plural coalition building among unlikely and unprecedented coalition partners. And it is that kind of shifting coalitions, visionary alliance making which we are losing right now.
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