Feeling good: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
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The scion of a despotic leader has been vanquished – but her party can still call the shots.
Pericles had some rather advanced ideas about politics.
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What would Aristotle have thought of modern liberal democracy? It’s complicated.
Graffiti at a bus stop in Sao Paulo, Brazil reads “Out Temer.”
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Brazil is experiencing economic, political, social and moral crises that challenge its stability.
The UK has limits on expenditure by political parties and third parties, and doesn’t allow paid advertising in electronic media at all.
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Unlike similar democracies, Australia neither limits political donations nor campaign expenditure by political parties at the federal level.
Caught out: Romero Jucá.
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Supporters of Brazil’s suspended president have argued that the push to impeach her was a plot – and it turns out they weren’t far off.
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Explaining how the European Parliament and Commission combine to represent the interests of 28 member states.
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Assessing the argument that the British people would be better represented by their national parliament.
Second from left: Transparency International chair Jose Ugaz.
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Follow the money behind the likes of Transparency International and a picture starts to emerge.
Retaining the universal 24-hour a week childcare subsidy is one of the measures that would help restore trust in politics.
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There is increasing evidence that voters have lost their faith in politicians and politics. But the way to restore faith is by implementing policies that make economic and social sense.
Studies have shown that young people do not consider politicians and political parties to be representative of issues that impact them.
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Concern about youth electoral enrolment is framed the wrong way. It usually suggests that young people are somehow deficient and that they – and not the political culture – are the problem.
Masked sex workers lead a march to mark International Sex Workers’ Rights Day.
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Sex workers in South Africa are all potential criminals due to the country’s regressive laws. But their status may change soon, making South Africa the first African country to decriminalise sex work.
Happier times: Dilma Rousseff and Michael Temer at her second inauguration.
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As an unpopular vice-president takes the helm, Brazilian politics is mired in distrust, division and corruption.
Hungary isn’t in a welcoming mood.
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Economic slowdown and a refugee influx have rattled Europe deeply, and some countries seem to have had enough.
Conflict politics on the right and the left.
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The world seems caught between the competing political ideologies of left and right, with capitalism is caught right in the middle.
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When we look at cases of police corruption and abuses, we must ask: who do the police really serve?
Voting proceeded peacefully in N’Djaména.
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Advanced electoral technology could actually work against democracy in the wrong hands.
As we get ready to vote in a federal election, satisfaction with democracy is at its lowest level since 1996.
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It should be of concern to politicians that so much discontent is apparent at a time of relative affluence.
An altercation between protesters broke out at Wits University with men attacking women.
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A violent attack on a female student at one of South Africa’s prominent universities was not an isolated incident. It told a universal tale of how patriarchy still rules.
Tunisia has the highest score on the Good African Society Index.
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The Good African Society Index provides a comparative measure of the quality of society in African states. Governments could use its findings to make targeted policy interventions.
Employees need to have more say at work, which means tackling all forms of corruption and law-breaking.
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Workplace democracy is declining, but the idea that this is the fault solely of unions or employers is misguided. Widespread reform is needed.