A violent attack on a female student at one of South Africa’s prominent universities was not an isolated incident. It told a universal tale of how patriarchy still rules.
Tunisia has the highest score on the Good African Society Index.
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The Good African Society Index provides a comparative measure of the quality of society in African states. Governments could use its findings to make targeted policy interventions.
Employees need to have more say at work, which means tackling all forms of corruption and law-breaking.
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Opponents of democracy often raise the spectre of social disorder. Over the long term, it is only democracy and the rule of law that will provide for the long-lasting peaceful rule of the nation.
Malcolm Turnbull has downplayed calls for a royal commission into the banks, arguing that their operations are already well governed.
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The politics that Malcolm Turnbull and the big banks support is one in which people are robbed of their citizenship and reduced to economic functionaries.
Social media provides a way of answering back, and an alternative source of material, ideas and priorities.
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A classical political science debate focuses on whether democracy is dependent on development. The director of the Electoral Integrity Project revisits the issue using new data from African elections.
Unless councillors are helped to focus on their representative roles, local democracy’s effectiveness could be in danger.
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Roberta Ryan, University of Technology Sydney and Su Fei Tan, University of Technology Sydney
If local councils are bigger and councillors represent more residents, it is important that they focus on understanding their communities’ needs and aspirations, rather than on day-to-day operations.
There are a number of disincentives for prime ministers to give up the power to set the date of an election.
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Can anyone remember when federal politics wasn’t in campaign mode? Politicians, encouraged by the media, have given up the distinction between election season and governing season. The continuous campaign…
Election monitoring has become an international norm for maintaining electoral integrity. A new survey finds a world of difference between the high hopes and dire realities of poll-watching.
Science and innovation can improve the world –but scientists have to help ensure strong democracies too.
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There are two concepts in education theory – the social construction of knowledge and the notion of self-efficacy for development –- that could help build a true democracy.
Unemployed graduates in Tunisia demonstrate to demand that the government provides job opportunities.
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In the wake of the Arab Spring the international community lauded Tunisia’s political transition to democracy. But a plethora of challenges may threaten democratic consolidation in the country.