Political freedom (also known as political autonomy or political agency) is a central concept in history and political thought and one of the most important features of democratic societies. Political freedom was described as freedom from oppression or coercion, the absence of disabling conditions for an individual and the fulfillment of enabling conditions, or the absence …

Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based ... In "Political and ideological aspects in the measurement of democracy: the Freedom House case" (2010) which reviewed changes to the methodology since 1990, Diego Giannone concluded that "because of the changes in methodology over time and the strict interconnection between ...

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial. It was adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2200A …

The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a left-wing political party with affiliates and former members in more than a dozen American states, including California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana and Utah, but none now have ballot status besides California.Its first candidates appeared on the 1966 New York ballot. The Peace and Freedom Party of California was organized in …

Freedom fries was a politically motivated renaming of French fries in the United States.The term was created in February 2003 in a North Carolina restaurant, and was widely publicized a month later when the then Republican Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, Bob Ney, renamed the menu item in three Congressional cafeterias.The political renaming occurred in …

Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and to value independence and self-reliance and advocate that interests of the individual should achieve precedence over the state or a social group while opposing external …

Political 1950s Suomen Kuvalehti: Finland Moderate 1873 2512: France 1923 Courrier International: France Center-left/Center 1990 Le Monde diplomatique: Left 1954 Marianne: Center-left 1997 Politique internationale: Moderate 1981 Questions Internationales: International relations and foreign affairs 2003 Rivarol: Far right 1951 Blick nach Rechts ...

Travel within the United States Constitutional freedom. As early as the Articles of Confederation the Congress recognized freedom of movement (Article 4), though the right was thought to be so fundamental during the drafting of the Constitution as to not need explicit enumeration.. The U.S. Supreme Court in Crandall v.Nevada, 73 U.S. 35 (1868) declared that freedom of movement is …

Freedom of the Press was an annual report on media independence around the world, ... political, and economic environment. Based on the scores, the countries are then classified as "Free" (0 to 30), "Partly Free" (31 to 60), or "Not Free" (61 to 100). The draft ratings are reviewed on an individual and a comparative basis, compared with the ...

The other axis (authoritarian–libertarian) measures one's political opinions in a social sense, regarding the amount of personal freedom that one would allow: "libertarianism" is defined as the belief that personal freedom should be maximised, while "authoritarianism" is defined as the belief that authority should be obeyed. This makes it ...