By Carlos Beltramo Weekly Briefing: 2012 (v14) Political systems and popular representation are changing. Movements like the Spanish 15-M, or the American Tea Party are spontaneous movements which indicate that democracy — while a good system of government — is currently in crisis. What this means is that there are some citizens whose voices are not being heard — so they have created other ways of participating in the political process. This very thing … [More]
