Juho Laatu wrote:
On 9.7.2011, at 14.23, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
Juho Laatu wrote:
After some recent discussions and thoughts around two-party
systems I thought it would be interesting to discuss two-party
systems also in a more positive spirit. The assumption is thus
that we want the
First I'll try to clarify the definitions a bit. It is so obvious what a
two-party system is, but when I think more carefully it is not that clear.
Two-party system:
- has a single-party government
- one of the two major parties forms the government and the other one forms
(the main part of)
Juho Laatu wrote:
After some recent discussions and thoughts around two-party systems I
thought it would be interesting to discuss two-party systems also in
a more positive spirit. The assumption is thus that we want the
system to be two-party oriented. We want to have two strong parties,
and
Juho Laatu Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:35 AM
After some recent discussions and thoughts around two-party
systems I thought it would be interesting to discuss
two-party systems also in a more positive spirit. The
assumption is thus that we want the system to be two-party
oriented.
On 9.7.2011, at 14.23, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote:
Juho Laatu wrote:
After some recent discussions and thoughts around two-party systems I
thought it would be interesting to discuss two-party systems also in
a more positive spirit. The assumption is thus that we want the
system to be
On 9.7.2011, at 16.14, James Gilmour wrote:
Juho Laatu Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:35 AM
After some recent discussions and thoughts around two-party
systems I thought it would be interesting to discuss
two-party systems also in a more positive spirit. The
assumption is thus that we
Juho
I regret to have to say that I find your approach confused and confusing, and
basically anti-democratic - which is a surprise and
a disappointment.
There is nothing at all wrong with a two party system if that is what the
voters really want. But it is something else altogether
to devise
On 9.7.2011, at 19.59, James Gilmour wrote:
Juho
I regret to have to say that I find your approach confused and confusing, and
basically anti-democratic - which is a surprise and
a disappointment.
I agree that democracy as defined by this challenge sets some strict limits to
how
