Here are four ways in which, you, the citizen, can decide what goes on in Brussels.
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Many voters feel completely powerless in the election process and their engagement with democracy; they talk in terms of ‘us’ and ‘them’ and of not being respected by those in power.
Consensual same-sex conduct is a crime in 38 African countries. The media in those countries are very much in cahoots with their rulers. But they’re getting their comeuppance from Twitter.
Many praise the internet as a democratizing force. But with online spaces replacing physical public squares as places for debate, what do we risk losing?
The scion of a despotic leader has been vanquished – but her party can still call the shots.
What would Aristotle have thought of modern liberal democracy? It’s complicated.
Brazil is experiencing economic, political, social and moral crises that challenge its stability.
Unlike similar democracies, Australia neither limits political donations nor campaign expenditure by political parties at the federal level.
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.
Explaining how the European Parliament and Commission combine to represent the interests of 28 member states.
Assessing the argument that the British people would be better represented by their national parliament.
Follow the money behind the likes of Transparency International and a picture starts to emerge.
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.
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.
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.
As an unpopular vice-president takes the helm, Brazilian politics is mired in distrust, division and corruption.
Economic slowdown and a refugee influx have rattled Europe deeply, and some countries seem to have had enough.
The world seems caught between the competing political ideologies of left and right, with capitalism is caught right in the middle.
When we look at cases of police corruption and abuses, we must ask: who do the police really serve?
Advanced electoral technology could actually work against democracy in the wrong hands.
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Senior lecturer in democracy studies, University of Canberra
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Deputy Vice-chancellor Research, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Freiburg Germany, University of Freiburg
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
