The mathematician Kurt Gödel is said to have found a way that the US constitution would allow for a dictator to take control, or so the story goes. He certainly had the mind for it.
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The world has waited hopefully for democracy to blossom in Myanmar. But the new regime looks much like the old one.
The government claims to have backed down on a controversial emergency decree in the face of mass demonstrations. But all is not what it seems.
Brexit has exposed the weaknesses of the British political system – not its strengths.
The National Endowment for the Arts is on the chopping block…again. But this time, the ideological justifications don’t pass muster.
True democracy is actually a radical idea.
Scientists must bear some responsibility for the post-truth era and the current crisis in democracy.
You may not be free but buying lots of stuff can create the illusion that you are.
There’s a whole system of checks and balances in place to stop a president like Trump going too far.
Unrestricted access to information is vital to a vibrant democracy.But if this information is inaccurate, biased or falsified, the fundamental freedom of informed choice is denied.
Downsizing a whole chamber of parliament is a tricky move.
Politics and religion at the dinner table, over Christmas with all the relatives – what could possibly go wrong?
The ‘Africa Rising’ narrative was disturbed in 2016 by a combination of factors. But the continent is still on firm economic development footing.
The far left and the far right are closer than they’d like to admit. So can some of their better proposals gain ground in 2017?
Forcing citizens to swear allegiance is misguided – and doesn’t work.
Paraguay doesn’t allow presidents to be reelected, but three of the five candidates setting their sights on 2018 are current or former heads of state.
While the US is reeling from rampant fake online news, political movements in Europe are using the internet as a powerful democratic symbol to win elections. Will cyber-optimism or pessimism win?
The deadly attack on Holey bakery in July 2016 and a recent spate of crimes against minorities show that Bangladesh’s commitment to secularism and pluralism are at stake.
There’s truth in the analysis that the rise of right-wing populism is a response to the failures of globalisation. But is it the only response?
Two Italian scholars who fled fascism in the 1920s urgently warned that American democracy was vulnerable to the same gradual erosion as in Italy. Their message still rings true today.
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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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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Deputy Vice-chancellor Research, Charles Sturt University
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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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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University
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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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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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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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Senior Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Freiburg Germany, University of Freiburg
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Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
