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Securing Supplies: How to Prevent Another Covid-19 Breakdown
According to AEI,, “the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the vulnerability of global supply chains during crises”, and it is impossible for any contemporary liberal democracy to build “all its needs domestically.” The report highlights that “governments must work with the private sector to exercise crisis scenarios”. (AEI, June 2021).
The Rise of Insurgent Europeanism
“Civil society in Europe and its attitudes towards the European project have changed dramatically in the past decade of multiple crises. This study mapped, tracked and monitored developments in European civil society from 2018 to 2020, revealing the nature and implications of these changes” (Cooper, Dunin-Wąsowicz, Kaldor, Milanese, Rangelov, 2021).
Democracy Report 2021. Autocratization Turns Viral
"Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) produces the largest global dataset on democracy with almost 30 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2020." This report details the state of democracy in 2020 and presents data for democratically advancing and declining states around the world and global challenges.
Community Power: The Evidence
This report draws out six benefits from community power – and presents four shifts and four recommendations we need for it to flourish. It also explores the ‘evidence paradox’ that is holding back community power – looking at how to overhaul the way we measure success.
The Cost of Political Violence in the United States
"The report looks at the recent surge in extremism, hate crimes, armed militias, and acts of police brutality and assesses the associated costs... Philanthropy can mitigate these costs, but investments must be directed toward initiatives led by targeted communities that at their core promote democratic goals and support community resilience."
Staying Resilient While Trying To Save The World (Volume 2): A Well-Being Workbook For Youth Activists
“Volume 2 … was drafted together with youth activists and informed by realities” they face is aims to “support youth activists in their journey to strengthen their self-care and make us all recognize the need to look after each other as we stand up for human rights”. (Amnesty International, 2021)
Shifting the Balance: Local adaptation, innovation and collaboration during the pandemic and beyond
"Shifting the Balance is an investigation into this new community-powered approach, where people across localities worked together to achieve shared objectives as the Covid-19 crisis unfolded. Based on a series of interviews, workshops, and in-depth case studies, it identifies and explores a host of new practices and partnerships that emerged in the first Covid-19 lockdown" (Kaye and Morgan, 2021).
The Persecution of Ahmed Mansoor
How the United Arab Emirates Silenced its Most Famous Human Rights Activist. (Human Rights Watch, 2021).
Digital Democracy: Accelerating A New Field Of Knowledge
"The report identified key central considerations for researchers, allies and potential new entrants... These include the urgent need to ensure data access for researchers as well as the desire among scholars in the Knight Research Network to expand and diversify the network to preserve and grow the integrity and reputation of this emerging field" (Wihbey, 2021).
Global Insights: Covid-19 And The Information Space
“The analyses presented in these essays span a range of topics—media sustainability, authoritarian influence, fact-checking, research partnerships, data privacy—affecting regions like Europe, North and South America, and Africa" (National Endowment for Democracy, 2021).
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