The state of South Korea's democracy is precarious; instead of a positive trend of democratization, democratic erosion is the prevalent force. De-democratization with a myriad of names refers to …
Democratic Erosion in Romania
In recent years, the country of Romania has been raft with civil unrest in response to the ongoing fight against political corruption. As the population mobilizes to make themselves heard, they are …
¡Juntos haremos historia!: The Case of AMLO and Mexican Populism
“[G]overnment is in principle democratic, in (liberal) theory mixed, and in practice oligarchic”-Michael Walzer- The use of populist techniques has set president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador …
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Is Argentina’s Democracy in Danger?
Democratic Roots Argentina today is a fairly robust democracy, they are a federal constitutional republic with a representative …
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The Anti-Apartheid Movement: A Case Study of Finkel’s “The Phoenix Effect of State Repression”
In "The Phoenix Effect of State Repression: Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust" Evgeny Finkel argued that rebel groups that have been forced underground in the past learn the “resister’s toolkit”. …
Viability of the Virtually Organized Protests in Hong Kong
Photo: Danish Siddiqui, December 8, 2019, Reuters.1 In “’Conventional’ and ‘Virtual’ Civil Societies in Autocratic Regimes” Mark Beissinger argues that protests that mobilize people mainly via …
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