Today,we are witnessing a profound transformation of the dominant model of representative democracy which is increasingly giving way to a new form of democracy of the public,as Bernard Manin defined it.In a democracy ...Today,we are witnessing a profound transformation of the dominant model of representative democracy which is increasingly giving way to a new form of democracy of the public,as Bernard Manin defined it.In a democracy of the public,parties tend to personalise themselves,becoming machines serving one particular person,who embodies public feelings.Participation and social organization within the territory are progressively replaced by a widespread communication and social media framework where the citizens become just passive spectators.To this,we must add that the spectacularisation of the current democratic systems,adopted to satisfy the audience,leads to negative effects on the protection of fundamental rights.This article will analyse the aspects that characterise the democracies of the public,and their social and legal effects on the consideration of human rights.The article goes further without being limited to this issue.In fact,it wants to emphasise the way human rights are crucial to bolstering democracies,rather than merely the other way around.Doctrines and politics have frequently emphasised the need for democracy,and,more specifically,the export of democracies to advance human rights.Contrarily,a shift in perspective is required in order to preserve liberal democracies.展开更多
1.IntroductionThe rapid growth and expansion of global interaction inbusiness,education,the arts,etc.,have made it important forindividuals working in bicultural settings to have anunderstanding of the dynamics of cro...1.IntroductionThe rapid growth and expansion of global interaction inbusiness,education,the arts,etc.,have made it important forindividuals working in bicultural settings to have anunderstanding of the dynamics of cross-cultural communication.Scollon and Scollon(1995) state that as a result of theirresearch in international business consultation,it has beendiscovered that some of the main reasons for miscommunicationin the cross-cultural context lie in differences in patterns ofdiscourse rather than as a result of mispronunciation,poorgrammar or underdeveloped lexical resources.They write that,展开更多
文摘Today,we are witnessing a profound transformation of the dominant model of representative democracy which is increasingly giving way to a new form of democracy of the public,as Bernard Manin defined it.In a democracy of the public,parties tend to personalise themselves,becoming machines serving one particular person,who embodies public feelings.Participation and social organization within the territory are progressively replaced by a widespread communication and social media framework where the citizens become just passive spectators.To this,we must add that the spectacularisation of the current democratic systems,adopted to satisfy the audience,leads to negative effects on the protection of fundamental rights.This article will analyse the aspects that characterise the democracies of the public,and their social and legal effects on the consideration of human rights.The article goes further without being limited to this issue.In fact,it wants to emphasise the way human rights are crucial to bolstering democracies,rather than merely the other way around.Doctrines and politics have frequently emphasised the need for democracy,and,more specifically,the export of democracies to advance human rights.Contrarily,a shift in perspective is required in order to preserve liberal democracies.
文摘1.IntroductionThe rapid growth and expansion of global interaction inbusiness,education,the arts,etc.,have made it important forindividuals working in bicultural settings to have anunderstanding of the dynamics of cross-cultural communication.Scollon and Scollon(1995) state that as a result of theirresearch in international business consultation,it has beendiscovered that some of the main reasons for miscommunicationin the cross-cultural context lie in differences in patterns ofdiscourse rather than as a result of mispronunciation,poorgrammar or underdeveloped lexical resources.They write that,
