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The Global Satisfaction with Democracy Report 2020
This report uses a combined, pooled dataset to determine that dissatisfaction with democracy has risen consistently and has reached its highest level yet since 1995, particularly in developed democracies. The authors find that the level of dissatisfaction can be widely characterized by events affecting the economic sector and policy crises.
Why Protest?
The authors of this essay “describe the mass demonstrations that have taken place across the world” ...“and raise the question: are these protests a sign of democracy in action, or democracy in crisis?” (Chicago Center on Democracy, 2020). They address root causes of discontent and demonstrations, and examine case studies.
How can local authorities step into a Citizen future?
This piece examines how local authorities play a key role in maintaining and support community actions and civic will.
How can we work together to build community power?
This article supports “the NLGN’s call for a Community Power Act and argues “that it can only be as good as the process that creates it, the principles and culture that underpin it” and build “upon the excellent work already being done by existing change-makers” (New Citizenship Project, 2019).
Tweeting Left, Right & Center: How Users And Attention Are Distributed Across Twitter
"More than 48 million Americans use Twitter, one of the most popular social networking platforms, and one used extensively by media and political junkies. This study analyzed more than 86 million tweets posted in 2017 to reveal how users from across the political spectrum engage differently with news issues and major media outlets on Twitter" (Freelon, 2019).
Europe's Authoritarian Challenge
The authors claim Europe is centered in “renewed great power competition and the resurgence of global authoritarianism”, and that “Migration, the rise of extreme nationalism, Brexit, and fractured ties with the United States all increasingly make European countries more vulnerable to Russian and Chinese authoritarian influence” (Taussig and Brandt, 2019).
Energy for development: ten years left to achieve SDG 7
The publication shows “it is possible to achieve SDG 7 well before 2030, and inform the next EU mandate on actions to take. The European Green Deal has a duty to go beyond Europe, and help nations around the world to transition towards sustainable economic and energy growth” (Islam 2020).
A Voice for Global Citizens: a UN World Citizens’ Initiative
This report recommends that the United Nations (UN) should develop its democratic legitimacy through the creation of the instrument of a World Citizens’ Initiative (WCI) by which global citizens can place proposals on the agenda of the UN General Assembly or the UN Security Council. (Organ and Murphy, 2019).
Surveillance Giants: How The Business Model Of Google And Facebook Threatens Human Rights
"To participate meaningfully in today’s economy and society, and to realize their human rights, people rely on access to the internet...companies' surveillance-based business model is inherently incompatible with the right to privacy and poses a threat to a range of other rights and freedoms." (Amnesty International, 2019)
Local Journalism in Crisis: Why America Must Revive Its Local Newsrooms
This report examines how “thousands of local newspapers have closed” and “left millions of Americans without a vital source of local news and deprived communities of an institution essential for exposing wrongdoing” where “those still surviving...have laid off reporters, reduced coverage, and pulled back circulation” (Brookings Institution, 2019).
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