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posted on by Celia Conway
Northeastern University Tagged With: Coup, Democratic Legitimacy, Mali, West Africa
Malian democracy is facing a crisis of legitimacy. Or perhaps, more accurately, Mali is no longer a democracy but it faced a crisis of legitimacy - before the recent coup. The question remains if Mali …
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posted on by Madeleine Savage
On September 23, 2020, Donald Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power in the event that he loses the 2020 election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The Trump Presidency has been …
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posted on by Nicholas Fuchs
A subtle revision to official media guidelines has caused an outcry over the state of democracy in Hong Kong. On Wednesday September 23rd, the Hong Kong police force announced their decision to limit …
posted on by Madison Smrz
University of Georgia Tagged With: democracy, democratic breakdown, Venezuela, Violence
The sweeping reforms of Hugo Chávez not only initiated democratic breakdown within Venezuela, but also signaled a rise in opposition against the increasingly authoritarian regime that remains …
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posted on by James Lyons
Northeastern University Tagged With: Jim Crow, prison industrial complex, Racial capitalism, Reparations, slavery, United States, United States democracy
The United States is not a democracy. Though some tout the US as a beacon of representative democracy in the world where economic prosperity is all but guaranteed to those who seek it, those people …
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posted on by Armin Amina
University of Georgia Tagged With: Crisis, debt crisis, economic crisis, Lebanon
On October 13, 1990, major factions all around Lebanon who have been trying to seize control of the country since 1975, signed a historic peace deal between each other. Throughout Lebanon’s history in …
