Non-human Democracy: our political vocabulary has no room for animals

Dec 22, 2015 01:06 am UTC| Politics

This is part one of a three-part essay that proposes a way of thinking about democracy thats seldom, if ever, used. Despite the popularity in other disciplines of inter-species thinking, its ignored in democracy research....

Clinton-Sanders data breach spat goes to the heart of modern campaigning

Dec 22, 2015 00:49 am UTC| Politics

At their most recent debate, the two main US Democratic party candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton tried to defuse a heated dispute between their campaigns over a breach of the Clinton campaigns voter data, which...

Clouds over Spain just got darker

Dec 21, 2015 16:42 pm UTC| Politics Economy

While Spains ruling PP is set to remain the largest party, it saw its support declined compared to the 2011 vote. The results do not leave a positive picture for government formation options. After tough negotiations and...

Democratic debate takes on ISIS, guns and taxes

Dec 21, 2015 11:56 am UTC| Politics

The three Democratic presidential candidates took the debate stage in New Hampshire Saturday night, less than two months before the first-in-the-nation primary there. Perhaps you missed the debate or the exchanges between...

Spain votes for change – but has no idea what government it'll end up with

Dec 21, 2015 11:47 am UTC| Politics

Although Spains two big parties technically remain the largest after this years general election, they find themselves in a radically transformed political landscape and neither has a clear mandate to govern. The...

Spain falls in political uncertainty after mixed election result

Dec 21, 2015 07:54 am UTC| Commentary Politics

Spain has plunged into fresh political uncertainty after Sundays election, in which no single party has attained majority and ideological difference sets them far apart. Major opposition party, Socialists have won 22%...

Forming a government will not be easy in Spain

Dec 21, 2015 02:00 am UTC| Commentary Politics

With over 99% of the vote counted, the results of the general election delivered neither an absolute majority for a single party (as was widely expected) nor any clear government coalition. Therefore, a minority government...