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Autonomous AI is still designed by people − so who or what is really responsible for its actions? For centuries, theologians have posed similar questions about mankind and God.
Hard bargaining still needs to happen before the country has a definitive sense of how executive accountability will be enforced under a unity government.
Most efforts to project how well a candidate will do in an election are based largely on factors over which presidents have little to no control.
Elite political culture matters, especially in the context of a unity government. To succeed, party leaders must embrace the politics of collaboration built on trust.
South Africa’s civil service has failed to implement policies to eradicate poverty, inequality and unemployment.
More than 3 million children in the US are homeschooled. Are they getting a good education?
The parallels between Trump and Nixon are abundantly clear. Yet even Nixon acknowledged the fundamental importance of accountability in a democracy.
The Independent Electoral Commission cannot afford to put a foot wrong in the country’s most important election since democracy in 1994, on 29 May.
The cost overruns of the ArriveCan app are exceptional, but the scandal is not unique in history. There are solutions available to prevent the excessive use of public funds.
With its impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the House exercised its oversight power. How can you tell if it was a legitimate use of that power?
With co-defendants of Donald Trump accepting plea bargains, an expert in criminal law explains what these legal agreements are and how they work.
Donald Trump’s trial for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election will promote accountability – but could this show trial have a dangerous outcome, too?
The GOP in the House and Senate is doing lots of investigations; Democrats did the same in the past. A scholar of congressional oversight asks: When are investigations justified?
Opposition activists have previously been accused of treason and unpatriotic behaviour for expressing concerns about human rights abuses.
The Zondo Commission was globally unique in scope and scale. The book selects and explains its key findings and recommendations.
Observers regularly face dangers owing to political instability, insecurity, violence and other crises in some countries.
One of the bedrock principles of the American legal system is that no one is above the law. When it comes to indicting a former US president, political factors must also be weighed.
A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
Polarization among the public and politicians threatens to undermine educational progress made over the past few decades.
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Adjunct Professor, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Charles Sturt University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor Emeritus of Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
