quality of democracy. However, there is a non-negligible share of democracies that implement a minority-backed amount of …

Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized … process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly forgotten procedure to overcome this deficit: Aleatoric Democracy based on … considered. Persons and ideas, being so far disregarded, are taken into account. Democracy becomes vivid and creative, and does …

new instrument for democracy and the extension of the franchise, the effect of decolonisation on democracy in the … colonising country's democratisation to identify the causal effect of democracy on heights. We find robust evidence of a link … between democratic quality and human stature. The results indicate that the transition to democracy increased average male …

democracy, representative democracy, where politicians are accountable and independent agencies, where they are not. Low … democracy optimal, while the opposite configuration makes representative democracy optimal. Independent agencies are optimal for …