Fostering a sense of pride in local communities increases citizen participation, including, at a bare minimum, voting in municipal elections.
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Political debate has always been filled with heated words and deeply held emotions. But the level of civility in political discourse has reached a new low.
Parties must forego ideological rigidity and compromise for the common good, says Mpho Phalatse about making coalitions work.
The Founding Fathers were unrelenting in their commitment to the idea that circumstances can arise that require public officials to take actions abridging individual freedoms.
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Professor, Georgia State University
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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