While Facebook’s Zuckerberg suggested as much recently, companies run like autocracies cannot fulfill technology’s promise of reinvigorating the democratic process.
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Can social media create opportunities to identify and challenge government pitfalls and problematic policies?
After Brexit, we need inclusive conversations.
A diplomatic row with the Netherlands over campaigning abroad shows how the Turkish government is changing its strategy.
The euphoria many South Koreans feel at the demise of Park Geun-hye is offset by worries about the future of their political system.
The rationale for banning foreign donations is to stop the threat of overseas interests undermining Australian democracy.
Peers have sent the Brexit bill back to MPs with changes calling for a vote on a final deal, and the protection of EU nationals in Britain.
It’s hard to award a prize to esteemed former leaders when so many are determined to die in office.
Calls for civil resistance against the rise of right-wing populism have emerged. But political activism is more than taking to the streets.
Why are there such big differences in public opinion about homosexuality? It turns out where you live can be a major influence on how you feel.
Turkey’s authoritarian regime has ruined the lives of many intellectuals and opponents of the regime. Resisting, even softly, is an act of survival.
The Facebook CEO’s vision for a digital future still needs a little work.
If you think Brexit will be the issue that brings elections to the upper chamber, think again.
Romania’s ongoing protests against a bold move by the government to decriminalise corruption has highlighted greater social and political issues.
We’re keen to collaborate with more Australian media organisations to help restore some of the trust we’ve all lost.
The Trump administration may do well to make a friend of the federal bureaucracy it’s so intent on gutting, according to an expert who studies the role of civil servants in government.
When war broke out, Black Americans fought in segregated units to serve their country. The breath of freedom they experienced in Europe flamed the fight for equality when they returned home.
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.
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.
Top contributors
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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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
