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By obsessing over labels, we avoid having to confront more difficult questions.
Here is what you need to know about Indonesia's elections and what's at stake.
Can India's current prime minister Narendra Modi win the upcoming election? It's hard to say. India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, but growth has slowed and fake news is rife.
What sort of democracy is now required to break the Brexit deadlock?
About one-third of Canadians don't bother to vote in federal elections. Many people cite "everyday life issues," like the time it takes to vote, as reasons why they don't participate.
Michael Haneke's allegorical 2009 film showed how a peaceful society can be shattered within a single generation. It's a lesson for us now in a world drifting toward populism and violence.
This is a transcript of part one of The Anthill's podcast series, India Tomorrow, on fake news and information wars.
As the number of women in politics increase, more women's voices will be heard: the example of co-mayorship in Turkey is a first step.
Legislators in a growing number of democracies are clamping down on civil society. In the United States, it's happening at the state level.
Does the Electoral College encourage candidates to campaign in rural areas, as its supporters claim? And do electors actually filter the 'passions' of voters, as the founders wanted them to?
Many citizens are searching for certainty and control in uncertain times. But that means too many are spurning democracy and being seduced by fake news and political strongmen. Democracy needs our help.
People under 18 can leave school, get a job, drive a car and pay taxes. Should they be allowed to vote too?
To reach the highest rungs of power, a new study shows, it really helps if your dad was president.
E-petitions are an important democratic tool but they need to be part of something bigger to really change things.
Scholars such as Alfred Sauvy, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Frantz Fanon wrote in French, but their work greatly contributed to our understanding of democracy and social change in all contexts.
If undocumented immigrants choose not to fill out the questionnaire, then the official population of several states would deflate, costing them House seats and federal funding.
The revolution begun by Syrians exactly eight years ago has been won – by the murderous leader they rebelled against. But the struggle for freedom, dignity and justice Syrians launched is not over.
Nation states are covertly working against each other on the very same digital platforms they use to collaborate in areas such as trade and manufacturing.
Demonstrations against Abdelaziz Bouteflika have opened up a rare space for debate and self-expression – and could signal a change to a more free and involved civil society in Algeria.
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Assistant Professor in Politics, 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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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Governance and Director of Democracy 2025 - bridging the trust divide at Old Parliament House, University of Canberra
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Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney
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Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
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Lecturer, Public Policy and Political Communications, University of Melbourne
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
