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British people clearly want to ‘take back control’ – and Brexit might just give them the chance.
Indonesian activists see that opportunities for them to enter the state arena and influence the policy process are opening up with Joko Widodo’s presidency.
When confronted with two options, the electorate generally gets scared and votes for the status quo. We now see what happens when both options are frightening.
There’s an argument to be made for giving more power to those who will live longer with the consequences.
Venezuela sits at the edge of a humanitarian calamity. A GSU international mediation expert explains how outsiders can play a critical role in resolving the cause – a deeply rooted political battle.
UK schools introduced citizenship education in 2002, but early gains have been reversed. The state of democracy and the Brexit vote suggest the need for informed citizens has never been greater.
Liberal forces such as free markets, internationalism and tolerance have helped shape the current world yet appear to be on the wane.
Indi has a potentially large number of floating voters at the local scale, mirroring the situation nationally. What do the people of Indi think about issues of trust?
The UK in a Changing EU app lets you choose which issues you feel are most important to you and use those to weight the outcomes.
Jo Cox was killed doing such a vital part of an MP’s job.
Yes, the way the EU makes its laws is complex, but it is done democratically.
Political engagement in Australia has changed enormously over the past decade. New organisations such as GetUp! have taken the lead in channelling citizen voice into politics.
Here are four ways in which, you, the citizen, can decide what goes on in Brussels.
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.
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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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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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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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