by Tarik Ali Sert | Dec 13, 2020 | Sabanci University
Erosions of democracy under authoritarian rulers happen through numerous channels, with an important channel being institutions. Institutions structuralize governance according to the vision of the authoritarian, often serving to increase the grasp of the ruler over...
by Lauren Alvarez-Romero | Dec 3, 2020 | University of Georgia
The Case of Chile North and south. Black and white. Up and down. Opposites do not always attract, and this is especially true in politics. Polar opposites typically leave no room to budge. Yet when polar opposites do come together, it does not necessarily result in...
by Celia Conway | Nov 23, 2020 | Northeastern University
From the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States to the Ni Una Menos collective based in Argentina, protests against neoliberal policies and states have increased in the past decades. As neoliberal policies have led to increased economic inequality, movements...
by Zina Dolan | Oct 12, 2020 | Brown University
On October 2, a police officer pushed a teenage protestor off a bridge in Santiago, Chile. This is only the most recent act of brutality in the now yearlong pro-democracy protests in Chile. Citizens took to the streets in October 2019 after President Sebastián Piñera...
by Lillian Young | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
Chile is frequently considered the gem of democracy in Latin American, but recent protests reveal that Chile’s democracy is unstable and rapidly deteriorating. Ongoing protests over rampant inequality sparked by a rise in subway fare began in October, resulting in...
