Name: Anonymous 2009-04-10 16:32
It's hard for me to not make my question tl;dr but bear with me as i try to do my best.
You know the struggle between democratic action and liberal protections, group/collective rights bumping up against individual freedoms. This political dynamic and struggle is something that has been a huge part of American politics. States' rights, minority rights, economic freedom vs. federal jurisdiction, majority rule, and taxation toward state projects like roads and schools. It's a big thing in American politics. But Amurrica isnt the only liberal democracy out there.
I'm looking for leads on and insights about how others operate and how (or if) their dynamic works. For instance, in France the fight has almost been settled, with more socialistic, state centered controls over economics. Japan is a strange one, with its own struggles with minority rights (look up the Ainu tribe) and its strange economic congealment of state and private sector to create a strong, sort of socialistic-cororporatist state.
Then there's Taiwan... where the legislative body likes to enjoy the occasional brawl in the capitol...
This isn't just relegated to simply legal/ideological attitude as well. There's also cultural considerations id like to look at too. Japan is a liberal democracy with a constitution drafted with the backing of Britain and the US, yet how could such an individual-protecting constitution really serve a country with a very group-oriented community mindset?
fuck. TL;DR Amurrican democracy has individual rights vs. democratic will as key point of its politics. What about other nations' democracies?
You know the struggle between democratic action and liberal protections, group/collective rights bumping up against individual freedoms. This political dynamic and struggle is something that has been a huge part of American politics. States' rights, minority rights, economic freedom vs. federal jurisdiction, majority rule, and taxation toward state projects like roads and schools. It's a big thing in American politics. But Amurrica isnt the only liberal democracy out there.
I'm looking for leads on and insights about how others operate and how (or if) their dynamic works. For instance, in France the fight has almost been settled, with more socialistic, state centered controls over economics. Japan is a strange one, with its own struggles with minority rights (look up the Ainu tribe) and its strange economic congealment of state and private sector to create a strong, sort of socialistic-cororporatist state.
Then there's Taiwan... where the legislative body likes to enjoy the occasional brawl in the capitol...
This isn't just relegated to simply legal/ideological attitude as well. There's also cultural considerations id like to look at too. Japan is a liberal democracy with a constitution drafted with the backing of Britain and the US, yet how could such an individual-protecting constitution really serve a country with a very group-oriented community mindset?
fuck. TL;DR Amurrican democracy has individual rights vs. democratic will as key point of its politics. What about other nations' democracies?