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Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at it.
Poor governance and incompetence plague South Africa’s public administration, particularly at the local level.
Reforms to ensure student unions preserve their autonomy, while maintaining high standards of democracy, can happen by amending legislation governing non-profits.
The mechanics of upending American democracy would entail surmounting a thick tangle of constitutional, bureaucratic, legal and political obstacles.
Canadians want policies that address their needs but instead are served political gimmicks. To reconnect public interest with public policy, we need to develop new democratic practices.
An unpopular president, then a respected philanthropist and peacemaker, Jimmy Carter will be remembered as a pious man whose actions were always rooted in his religious faith.
In 1972, a South Korean president instigated a self-coup and succeeded. Understanding why – and why the latest attempt failed – helps explain how far the country’s democracy has progressed and how fragile it could become.
Changes in how government operates, and adjustments to rules and regulations, must go through an open democratic process whose steps and results can be challenged in the courts.
Ghana, an emerging democracy, lags far behind in women’s representation in parliament.
Haaretz is a strong critic of Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
The secret transfer of people from one country to another – against their will – carries great public risks.
John Mahama returns as Ghana’s president, with a point to prove.
Restoring democracy will be a tall order for the interim government as it grapples with security, economic and geopolitical crises.
There have been 46 attempted self-coups since the end of World War II – 80% have succeeded. So what went wrong for South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol?
Ghana’s economy has struggled over the past four years.
Yoon’s decision to call for martial law reminded South Koreans of the dark days of dictatorship and repression.
In the space of just a few hours, South Korea looked to be backsliding toward autocratic rule.
Conversations don’t immediately change people’s minds, but they can eventually. And in the meantime, they help forge real connections across a diverse and complex society.
A change in presidential leadership shows voters that stability and prosperity aren’t linked to a single leader.
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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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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Adjunct professor, Charles Sturt University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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Nonresident Research Fellow, Rice University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand