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Connections 2018: Experiments in Organizational Innovation
"The 2018 issue of Connections… focuses on experiments in organizational innovation… The issue highlights innovations in organizational forms intended to encourage the development of networks of self-directed experimentation and learning. Some authors explore ways to change the protocols of existing institutions, and others describe designs of new forms of organizations" (Matthews et. al., 2018).
Surviving the Storm: Liberal Democracy in Times of Change
"Society is caught up in a whirlwind of change. The power of liberal democracies is dwindling and the political balance in the world is shifting. An interview with Ralf Fücks on what to expect from the renewed grand coalition in Germany, and how to defend liberal democracy in times of anti-liberal revolt" (Fücks, 2018).
Parliament and the people
"The report provides an analysis of the data and digital landscapes of four case study countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda), and interrogates how digital channels are being used in those countries to create and disseminate information on parliamentary activity" (Rumbul 2018).
Participatory Budgeting
"This research identified significant challenges in the participatory budgeting sphere... The migration to managing participatory budgeting digitally presents the very real risk of the process becoming gentrified, and is just one example of the consequences of scale in participatory budgeting only being achieved at the expense of disenfranchising the most under-represented" (Rumbul, Parsons, and Bramley, 2018).
The Role of Youth in Democratic Resilience
The report summarizes discussions from the Community of Democracies’ event on ”The Role of Youth in Democratic Resilience”, held at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2018 and outlines the main points discussed during the event including democratic values, youth engagement, and inclusion. (Community of Democracies, 2018)
Disinformation, ‘Fake News’ And Influence Campaigns On Twitter
"This study is one of the largest analyses to date on how fake news spread on twitter both during and after the 2016 election campaign" (Knight Foundation, 2018).
Outperformers: High-growth emerging economies and the companies that propel them
Some emerging economies have grown much faster and more consistently than others. Underlying these success stories is a pro-growth policy agenda and the standout role of large companies.
Best Practice in Community of Democracies’ member states engagement with, and protection of, civil society
This report defines “the key concept of this report – civil society – and proceeds with a discussion of civil society’s role in a democratic society, reviewing the functions of civil society in a democracy” and concludes with... recommendations on what states can do” (Communities of Democracy, 2018).
What if democracy was RAPID?
This article aims to “provide a framework...that could make clearer how different modes of participatory democracy could hang together as a whole that’s more than the sum of the parts of open policymaking, deliberative democracy, representative democracy, and so on” (Alexander 2018).
Against Identity Politics
Fukuyama explores how “identity politics has become a master concept that explains much of what is going on in global affairs” and how “all over the world, political leaders have mobilized followers around the idea that their dignity has been affronted and must be restored” (Fukuyama, 2018).
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