I’ve been doing some research for a term paper on comparing democracies. Using Coppedge and Reinicke’s Polyarchy and Contestation data-set, I’ve identified those countries which would be perfect polyarchies were it not for their media systems, where government information is privileged. They are:
Albania
Botswana
Cape Verde
Croatia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Guyana
Honduras
Israel and the occupied territories
Kiribati
Mauritius
Mexico
Namibia
Panama
Ukraine
These countries are doing something right. That’s [...]
About two weeks ago, Enrico Deaglio alleged that the centre-right had attempted to steal the 2006 election by counting blank and invalid ballots as votes for the centre-right. Deaglio’s argument didn’t add up: the centre-right only had control over the projections at the Ministry of the Interior; the real votes were summed from the sub-totals [...]