Newsweek: Americans largely unaware of basic civics
Catholic Online
In many European countries, parliaments have proportional representation, and the majority party rules without having to "share power with a lot of sub-national governments," notes Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker, coauthor of Winner-Take-All ...

Voting system suits the times
Manawatu Standard
While MMP is by no means a perfect system, proportional representation in some form is most reflective of the pluralist, inclusive society New Zealand has become in the past 50 years. The status quo would certainly bear some tinkering – a slight ...

Dutch to police animal crimes
The Australian
The 500-strong team is the pet project of the Party for the Animals, which has two MPs under The Netherlands' proportional representation system and has gained in influence thanks to the precarious power balance in parliament. ...

Yemeni Elections Delayed Amid Popular Uprising
Tripoli Post
In parallel with the electoral delay, Salih is offering a new constitution with a new era of parliamentary government, proportional representation, decentralisation, etc, etc. John Brennan, President Obama's anti-terrorism adviser, has welcomed this ...

A fresh issue for spring election: democracy
Canada First Perspective
The NDP has already teased out the democracy issue by its initiative on abolishing the Senate and secondly, proportional representation (again a risk-averse approach: the order should have been reversed). While Ignatieff is threatening a non-confidence ...