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The Indonesian government is criticised for using the pandemic as an excuse to repress.
In his new book, Nigeria Democracy Without Development: How To Fix It, international political economist Omano Edigheji explains why democracy has not led to development in Nigeria.
Why the argument that authoritarian regimes are better at handling pandemics isn’t that simple.
Young people were blamed for a low voter turnout in 2019. But it’s hasty to conclude they don’t care about democracy.
The sentencing of Tong Ying-kit shows how the Hong Kong court system will treat those accused under its new national security law.
Appointing ministers who aren’t MPs or lords would weaken parliament’s ability to hold the government to account.
America’s public sphere is broken because propaganda has replaced political communication. How did we all become propagandists?
The disturbance in Ghana’s parliament during the election of a speaker has raised questions about its current democratic system.
The current chaos in Haiti can be explained by the country’s political, institutional, economic and security conditions.
After 1994 efforts were made to embed democracy. The focus was on policy and institution-building. What was missing was ensuring all South Africans were on board.
President Moïse is dead. Two politicians say they’re in charge. Parliament is suspended. A Haitian studies scholar explains Haiti’s power vacuum and says elections alone won’t restore democracy there.
Democracies degenerate because of cunning leaders. Democracies also crumble because of the people themselves – and the US founders believed education would be crucial to maintaining democracy.
To be politically successful, coalitions need to be unified. But that pressure to unify can spell trouble for groups – as today’s GOP demonstrates.
The huge cuts to Australian journalism over the past decade have decimated mentoring in the industry. This is not easy to see with the naked eye but it has a huge impact on what gets produced.
In Ethiopia’s new and unsettled political space, there are issues related to the current electoral rules, the performance and strength of the opposition parties, and to campaigning.
COVID-19 has had both positive and negative implications for the Indonesian environment, but post-pandemic prospects are not looking good.
Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t ousted just for typical political reasons, such as other politicians’ ambitions or grievances. He was thrown out because he was seen as a threat to democracy.
We ought to worry that the pandemic has made it even easier to reduce teaching to disseminating knowledge.
Thirty-six candidates were murdered since campaigning began in Mexico last September, including numerous members of the president’s own Morena party.
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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, Department of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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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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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
