Clientelistic vote mobilization is a prominent electoral strategy in many of the world's democracies and electoral authoritarian regimes. Yet the comparative study of this practice, which involves exchanging personal favours for electoral support, remains strikingly underdeveloped. This special issue makes ...
There are surely many organisations that have gone down that path as well. It’s important to balance the desire for democratic principles with the need for clear accountability, effective decision-making processes, and respect for expertise (in the right context). I know there is a big “...
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“I think that a lot of tech companies in Europe would do what is needed to do. They would put their knowledge and skills where they’re needed,” says Ieva Ilves, a veteran Latvian diplomat and technology policy expert. But many governments across the continent are still too slow,...
is deeply tied to Xi's pride, and accepting Western assistance would not only embarrass Xi, it would also pierce his oft-propagandized narrative that China's governance model is superior," said Craig Singleton, deputy director of the China program at the Foundation for Def...
How many nations in the world today operate totally according to Karl Marx's theory of communism? a. None. b. Several. c. Only the United States. d. Many. Marx: Marx argued for an economic system where the govern...
WhenDonald Trump became president of the United States, many Americans wondered: Could our democracy be in danger? For two Harvard professors who have studied the breakdown of democracies across the world, the answer was a resounding yes.
“We are the citizens of democracies. And we own our own minds. And together, we can take them back if we want to,” he said. “Sustained attention is at the heart of all human achievement,” said Hari, noting that no athlete is bringing their phone to check in the middle of an...
Political risk consultancy Eurasia Group listed "Divided States of America" as one of the top risks for 2023 in a recent report, saying the United States "remains one of the most politically polarized and dysfunctional of the world's advanced industrial democracies." ...
Remarkably, the world’s oldest democracy ratified its constitution in 1789, and that same 18th century text still guides the US today. Many other democracies’ constitutions came later (Norway in 1814, Australia in 1901), or were reformed or replaced to better deal with the modern age (S...