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Wed 08 Aug 2010Opening our processes of democracy to scrutiny
ACCORDING TO some, we have in Ireland a system of governance unfit for purpose. Serious structural reforms are needed. Well, maybe so. But step back for a moment and consider the wider world. Disenchantment with political systems is widespread.
List systems, unicameral parliaments, postal voting, weekend voting . . . all are already in place in many democracies, and the same symptoms of disengagement, cynicism and disillusionment can be seen.
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