by Kimiko Gata | Nov 27, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
“We once more look to the ANC to provide leadership in creating the circumstances for our people to enjoy and exercise the democratic rights for which we all fought so bravely and with so much sacrifice. Let our organisation at all times conduct itself with the...
by Ruth Selipsky | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
Populism is an unstable and often erosive force in democracy. According to Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Erica Frantz, populists elected into positions of power through democratic means will proceed to “gradually undermine institutional constraints on their rule” and...
by Isabet Tranchin | Apr 23, 2019 | University of Chicago
Facebook now boasts more than two billion users worldwide, but this well-known social media platform also has a rising role in the political arena. As the internet becomes more accessible social media leviathans like Facebook become staples in modern society, but they...
by Wabantu Hlophe | Apr 6, 2018 | Yale University
Since the transition to full democracy in 1994, South Africa has experienced limited democratic erosion, driven by extreme racial inequality, outsized policy influence from the private sector and sluggish economic development. The ruling African National Congress’s...
by Ruchi Kirtikar | Mar 28, 2018 | Columbia University
Nietzsche has likened corruption to the annual arrival of autumn. In some countries, this changing season may be manufactured by a coup, the potential beginning of democratic backsliding. In others, it could be a hasty effort by the government to sweep up this...
