The position of Lithuanian parties towards Poland in 1920-1926: from modus vivendi to permanent confrontation by Andrius Grodis

“…The propagandistic campaign by the Lithuanian National Union and Social Democrats, which caused general tension in the country, as well as society's and the military's discontent with the Government and the governing political parties' inability to resist the pressure, reflected a lack of civic consciousness and inner political consolidation in the state taking its first steps in democracy. The political parties' goal to use the problem of the relationship with Poland in their fight and in such a way obtain as great support from society as possible, further reduced the possibilities to solve the interstate conflict. …”
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Political Interference and Social Service Delivery in Kanaba Sub-County Kisoro District. by Tumushime, Bosco

“…The study found out that the Demand for power by politicians, the Government's ability to grow the economy, the Need of political distribution, Failure to pay attention to politics on service delivery, Redistribution of social justice, Inequality, and uneven advances in education and training, Demand for democracy using social service delivery protests and Government legitimacy respectively were the major causes of political interferences to service delivery. …”
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Civil Society Organizations’ Advocacy Strategies and Performance of Local Governments: A Case Study of Kabale District. by Robert, Kakuru Byamugisha

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Coup (d'etat) in the Baltic States (1926, 1934): Similarities and Differences by Zenonas Butkus

“…The model enabled a more flexible reaction to the danger of extremist trends or serious blows to democracy; it also contributed to the protection from damaging impact of outward influences, which was especially noticeable in Estonia. …”
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Call for Papers: Constitutions and Intergenerational Justice by IF and FRFG

“…Beckman, Ludvig (2013): Democracy and future generations. Should the unborn have a voice? …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“…Designed as a quantitative measurement of how the position of young people has changed across the EU, its 13 indicators include housing costs, government debt, spending on pensions and education, participation in democracy, and access to tertiary education. The index’s findings indicate that the prospects of young people across the EU have deteriorated to a ten-year low. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…In the second book review, Michael Rose’s The Representation of Future Generations in Today’s Democracy, is brought to the attention of the scientific community. …”
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IGJR issue 1/2018 by IF and FRFG

“…Tepe, Markus / Vanhuysse, Pieter (2009): Are Aging OECD Welfare States on the Path to the Politics of Gerontocracy? Evidence from 18 Democracies, 1980-2002. In: Journal of Public Policy, vol. 29 (1/2009), 1-28. …”
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How to Protect Future Generations' Rights in European Governance by Maja Göpel, Malte Arhelger

“…The structural short-termism inscribed into representative democracies means that present interests easily trump future concerns. …”
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Assessing the sustainable performance of the transport sector in European countries using alternative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models by Sarah B. Gruetzmacher, Clara B. Vaz, Ângela P. Ferreira

“…The energy policy of the European Union stresses the need for sustainable energy consumption, improvements in energy efficiency and lower fossil fuel dependence in a decoupling strategy from unstable democracies. Transportation still represents a sector largely dependent on fossil fuels, which come with several negative impacts. …”
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INTEGRATION OF THE BALTIC STOCK MARKETS WITH GLOBAL MARKETS DURING THE PREVIOUS DECADE by Anmar Pretorius

“…The dualistic nature of these economies – namely, relatively young democracies with newly established stock exchanges on the one hand and high levels of integration into Europe due to EU and Euro area membership on the other – gives rise to the question of whether these stock exchanges are integrated with the developed markets or the emerging markets. …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Overall, however, the statistics suggest not only an age problem in political parties across many European democracies, but also substantial country- and party-level differences. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…Modern representative democracies are largely oriented to the short term. …”
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