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Shadows of the Past: How Soviet Inferiority Narratives Hinder Democracy in Moldova and Ukraine
Post-Soviet countries like Ukraine and Moldova are deeply influenced by inferiority narratives — pervasive beliefs of national inadequacy rooted in Soviet-era legacies. This article examines how these narratives shape...
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From Backsliding to Breakthrough: Civil Society as Democracy's Last Line of Defence
Democracy does not vanish overnight; instead, it erodes step by step. Authoritarianism grows in the cracks, but so does civic resistance. Around the world, civil society is proving that when democratic institutions weaken,...
Mexico
Mexico City Is My Real Capital
In California, we're closer to CDMX than DC. And not just geographically.
Ireland
Strong NO rumbling from the voting booths, Irish Referenda defeated
Two Referenda to remove sexist language in the Irish Constitution resulted in a low turnout and a very...
How Culture Frustrates Democracy
Our patriarchy and economic obsessions have slowed democracy—and inspired backlash.
This file was produced by Ayuntamiento of Madrid, the City Council of Madrid, and provided through Diario de Madrid. Diario de Madrid website. Creative Commons CC BY 4.0.
Global
Make Your Council Bigger
Better cities have bigger city parliaments.
Photo courtesy of Democracy International team, ECI Day 2024
European Union
The European Citizens' Initiative has an Opportunity to Take a Step...
The cornerstone of a well-functioning democracy lies in the extensive and robust participation of its...
Photo courtesy of Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality Publishes Final Report press release, December 2022. Creative Commons License 2.0. Via Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/oireachtas/
Global
The Meaning of Irish Defeat
A Roundup from Barcelona to Nelson Mandela Bay
CC 4.0 license. Demonstration in Hong Kong north coast against pseudo-universal suffrage., 2015
Switzerland
Make Voting Rights Universal
Truly universal suffrage doesn't exist. Let's change that.
Photo Credit Photographer: Florent MECHAIN/TravelMag.com travelmag.com, via Flickr, Creative Commons 2.0.
Bangladesh
Waiting in Pain
In Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, Indigenous people tell Asia Democracy Chronicles that they are at...
Lead photo by Anders Henrikson, 2014 (Creative Commons license)
Global
Please Don't Save Democracy
It's not a penalty shot. Or a dollar in the bank.
Registration for the Democracy Camp 2024