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The Philippines Shows How Democracy Dies
“A court ruling against the Philippine journalist Maria Ressa illustrates the erosion of democratic norms, the corruption of institutions, and the compromises of decision makers” (Sheila Coronel, 2020).
The Potential Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Political Finance Systems: Insights From Recent Public Funding Reforms
This Technical Paper analyses case studies of past public funding reforms and provides practical insights for states considering reform during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. (IDEA, 2020)
The Future Of Tech Policy: American Views
"In a series of new reports, Gallup and Knight Foundation explore the shifting landscape and how policymakers and technology companies might adapt to face evolving challenges concerning a host of issues, including how to control the spread of misleading and harmful content as well as false political ads online" (Knight Foundation, 2020).
Techlash? America’s Growing Concern With Major Technology Companies
"In a series of new reports, Gallup and Knight Foundation explore the shifting landscape and how policymakers and technology companies might adapt to face evolving challenges concerning a host of issues, including how to control the spread of misleading and harmful content as well as false political ads online" (Knight Foundation, 2020).
To Overturn Trump, We Need to Overturn White Supremacy
“The George Floyd protests are not just about police violence. They’re about structural racism and the persistence of white supremacy; about the unresolved and unaddressed disadvantages of the past, as well as the bigotry that has come to dominate far too much of American politics in the age of Trump” (Jamelle Bouie, 2020).
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
This report “presents 31 recommendations - across political institutions, political culture, and civil society - which are the product of...nearly 50 listening sessions with Americans... which sought to understand how American citizens could obtain the values, knowledge, and skills to become better citizens” (American Academy of Art and Sciences, 2020).
Experts Predict More Digital Innovation by 2030 Aimed at Enhancing Democracy
“In this new report, technology experts who shared serious concerns for democracy in a recent Pew Research Center canvassing weigh in with their views about the likely changes and reforms that might occur in the coming years” (Vogels, Rainie and Anderson, 2021).
Shifts in Support for Authoritarianism and Democracy in the Western Balkans
"The countries of the Western Balkans have experienced more than a decade of democratic backsliding. Analysis of survey results revealed that these trends were accompanied also by substantial changes in citizens’ political attitudes. The support for a strong political leader has noticeably increased, while support for democracy has suffered a substantial decline" (Lavrič and Bieber, 2020).
Hope for a sea-change: Why multilateralism must reshape the world after COVID-19
The Elders have published a new report in defence of multilateralism to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic has starkly exposed the vulnerabilities and faultlines of our interconnected world, The Elders call on world leaders to recognise that global challenges like pandemics, climate change and nuclear proliferation require global solutions.
Deliberation, Citizen Science and Covid-19
This article details the need for deliberative democratic actions to be redesigned to involve both citizens and experts to deepen participation and foster both inclusion and expert guidance in decision-making. The advantages of deliberative democratic exercises in this format is contextualized by examining the United Kingdom government’s response to Covid-19.
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