Monday
Jan122015
2015-1: Hong Kong 香港 2nd consultation
Monday, January 12, 2015 This submission was made on 12.1.2015.
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Monday, January 12, 2015 Thursday
Nov132014
2014-14: Preferendum preferably (Village)
Thursday, November 13, 2014 Ireland. Yet again, abortion is on the agenda. Another referendum? Or a preferendum? The article is in Village magazine, Oct. 2014: http://www.villagemagazine.ie/index.php/page/2/
See also 2014-13, for a Village article on China.
Saturday
Oct182014
2014-13: China/Taiwan 2014 lecture tour
Saturday, October 18, 2014 A Dec. 2014 article on China is in Village magazine, [see above].
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With lectures from 2013 shown in bold, the 2014 China lecture tour included:
13th Oct Lánzhōu North-West Normal University (see photo)
21st Oct Xúzhōu Zhōngguó kuàngyè University (2 lectures)
23rd Oct Tiānjīn Nánkāi University (see 'Practical Examples' in right-hand menu)
6th Nov Táiběi, National Taiwan University
3rd Dec Nánjīng University
9th Dec Xúzhōu University again (see 'Practical Examples')
15-25th Dec Běijīng International Studies University (12 lectures)
29th Dec Zūnyì University
有也两个网址： http://zfxy.nankai.edu.cn/newsview/anounce/7240
和 http://finance.sina.com.cn/hy/20131227/101617772165.shtml
(See also 2014-11 and 2013-13/11/9.)
Friday
Aug222014
2014-12: Scots' referendum + 6-option survey
Friday, August 22, 2014 And the winner was... devo-max. It wasn't on the ballot paper; it got just a handfull of spoilt votes; but it won! The director's observation report to the Electoral Commission is attached. In its post-referendum report, the EC ignored our observations, so we published a further comment on 21.12.2014.
The deBorda report of the 6-option survey we commissioned is here, while the joint deBorda/TNS report is here. In addition, this comment was published in The Guardian on 10.9.2014, and two days later, an edited version of this letter - they removed the 'ads' - was in The Irish Times.
(See also 2014-12, 2013-15, 2012-13/10/1 and 2011-1.)
Thursday
Jul312014
2014-11: A Democratic China?
Thursday, July 31, 2014 Just published and available free online
A Democratic China?
Many are the criticisms of those who feel that the one-party state in China is inadequate, and many are the calls, especially from abroad, for reform. But would a democratic China ― as per a western interpretation — be an improvement? In tackling this question, this paper concentrates on voting procedures: those used in elections and those (which may or may not be the same) used in decision-making. This article first looks at the USSR, Eastern and Central Europe, and then briefly at Africa. Next, it considers what could go wrong if a standard, western, multi-party democracy was to be adopted in China. And finally, it offers a more inclusive polity.
