The pursuit of happiness takes on different forms around the world, and recent global surveys paint a fascinating picture of ...

There was a time when politics was simply a struggle for power, especially in the Philippines. Political parties in this country had no ideology at all.

COLUMN. The sociologist argues in her column that rebuilding a sustainable French social model requires initiating three ...

Social democracy is a political, economic and social system that combines the principles of a free market economy with the values of social justice. This was my topic a week ago. However, I noticed ...

Almost everyone in Myanmar wants democracy, yet few have considered what kind of democracy best aligns with the country’s political realities. Myanmar has endured decades of political instability, ...

Is the contest in the world today between democracies and authoritarian societies an updated version of the contest between capitalism and communism? It has been clear for over three decades that we ...

WEALTH inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned on Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle ...

The "inequality emergency" is leaving billions hungry and could worsen under the United States' "law of the jungle" approach ...