Corporate Democracy - A Transitional Step from Authoritative Power to Democratic

The corporate threat to democracy

Transitional Justice and Prospect of Democratic Consolidation in Taiwan: Democracy and Justice in Newly Democratized Countries

The issue of justice figures prominently m various stages of democratization yet the topic is still understudied in the broad literature of democratization. The handling of transitional justice is crucial to the successful transition from authoritarian rule to democracy. However, the type of transition (e.g., transformation vs. replacement) also significantly shapes the approach toward transiti...

The Authoritative Governance in the Middle East And the Process of “Transition to Democracy”

Duringpast two decades, “Pass through a democratic status” gave attention by mostMiddle East analysts. In fact, since the early 1980s, The Middle East and TheNorth of Africa affected by third wave of democratization effects and bothstate and society felt its impacts. Since, civil society has been promoting andstrengthening, from one hand, and sovereign governments gradually withdrawalhas begun,...

From Paper to a Corporate Memory – A First Step

Computer-based corporate memories aim to enable an efficient use of corporate knowledge. Therefore, such systems demand a formal representation of the knowledge itself and of its meta-aspects, i. e., how to use corporate knowledge effectively. Since typical information sources are continuous text and paper-based documents they initially need to be translated into a formal representation. We arg...

How Democratic Will E-Democracy Be?

Recent developments (e.g., e-Government, e-Democracy, e-Voting, etc.) of the Information Society expose the limits of system security. The ubiquitousness of Information Technology relies on stringent system requirements. Although new technology addresses technical problems and provides new challenges, new technology often gives rise to new hazards. In order to identify mitigation actions, it is...