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The concept of the North- south divide emerged from the 1980 Brandt reports explaining the idea that business and prosperity was generally situated in the North meanwhile poverty and corruption was concentra...

Political scientists have traditionally seen the nation state as being the key actor within global politics, in control of all interactions. This has generally been considered the case since the Peace of Wes...

At a basic level, democracy describes a form of government - a way in which people are ruled. What is special about democracy is that, contrary to most forms of government which have existed for most of hist...

Yes – Low turnout at elections undermines the legitimacy of the result Turnout at the 2015 General Election was 66.1%, far below the high levels of the 1970s, where it reached 78.8% in 1974. Of the 66.1% of ...

As evidenced in liberal democracies where compulsory voting is a federal law, this has had a positive impact on political participation and has been proposed by campaigners such as Graham Allen MP so long as...