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Courts and Populism in Poland: Guardians of Democracy or Reinforcing the Status Quo?

by KYAW LWIN | Oct 5, 2023 | School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University

In recent years, populism has surged onto the global political stage, becoming a formidable political force (Guttieri, 2019). It draws its strength from its appeal to the perceived grievances of ordinary citizens against a privileged elite, transcending borders to...

Retrogressive Reform: Poland’s Judicial Creep Backwards

by Brendan Strok | Oct 14, 2022 | Ohio State University

Since the fall of communism in Poland in 1989, no single party has won an outright majority of seats in parliamentary elections – until the PiS (Law and Justice) Party became the first in 2015. With the presidency occupied by fellow PiS member Andrzej Duda, the...

Poland’s Judiciary and Diplomacy As a Solution to Democratic Backsliding

by Allison Elmer | Jun 5, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

There have been concerns about Poland’s democracy since the party of Law and Justice (PiS) came to power in 2015. The party has introduced legislation that restricts the rights of women, migrants, and the LGBT+ community,  but the main concerns about democratic...

Democracy Erodes by Desecrating the Constitution

by Joshua Emmanuel Ramos | Apr 28, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman

Beginning the 1970s, the Philippines has endured Constitutional violations committed by no less than the government. To go around the 1935 Constitution’s ban on a third consecutive term, President Marcos campaigned for a constitutional convention to revise the same....

Symptomatic: Argentina Is Infected With Threats to Its Democracy

by Connor Weathers | Nov 23, 2020 | Suffolk University

The stability of Argentinian democracy is under threat. Multiple precursors to democratic erosion are present, including ongoing threats to both vertical and horizontal accountability exemplified by widespread vertical corruption, and efforts to weaken if not reduce...
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