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The extent to which schools foster political deliberation, engagement, understanding and empathy has far-reaching implications for our democracy.
The ideals of liberal democracies are under threat – and not just in the US and Russia.
A new survey suggests opposition Zimbabwean leader Nelson Chamisa is closing in on the ruling Zanu-PF’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Vladimir Putin’s recent re-election was bad news for democracy in Russia. And it’s a major loss in the struggle for liberalism, as anti-democratic leaders are assuming power across the globe.
Do businesses have to act like businesses? Or could we pay slightly more for goods, like coffee, and recognize that stability for working people is essential to a robust economy.
Haphazardly using unspecified terms like “illiberal turn” does little to help us properly diagnose Indonesia’s democratic challenges.
While the rest of the world reeled in shock, the Russian leader was very quick to congratulate the new president-elect.
The value of democracy needs to be restated and defended, rather than presumed. In doing so, there is value in adopting a more tempered stance, one that understands its worth but also its flaws.
Economic slowdown and a refugee influx have rattled Europe deeply, and some countries seem to have had enough.
Even as the challenges of climate change grow ever more obvious, what remains largely unacknowledged is the crisis in liberal democratic politics that is preventing an effective response.
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
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Reader in International Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor of Classics & Ancient History, University of New Brunswick
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Lecturer in Politics, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
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Lecturer, Public Policy and Political Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Dean, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, University of Calgary
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Lecturer and Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University