Tag: Democracy

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Is the “National Security State” Expanding Beyond Democratic Control?

In the past two decades, democratic governments have steadily expanded the scope…

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Are Independent Central Banks Losing Democratic Legitimacy?

Central bank independence, once a pillar of technocratic governance, is now facing…

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Reflections on the Effect of Excessive Private Power

About the book Private Power and Democracy's Decline: How to Make Capitalism…

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Slow Violence: Rethinking Schools as Democratic Institutions

About the book Slow Violence: Confronting Dark Truths in the American Classroom,…

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Democracy and the Art of Rhetoric

About the book On Statesmanship, by Steven B. Smith, to be published…

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Introducing Civil Society to China

About the book Global Ideas, Local Adaptations: Chinese Activism and the Will…

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Why Illiberalism Explains Changes in Today’s Social Order

About The Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism, edited by Marlene Laruelle and published…

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Project 2025: Authoritarian Agenda Disguised as Reform

The Heritage Foundation’s 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” lays out a coordinated effort…

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How Neoliberalism Reshaped Democracy After 1989

The latest Democracy Index 2024 snapshot of the state of democracy in…

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Voice and Protest in Times of Democratic Decline

About the book Political Voice: Protest, Democracy, and Marginalised Groups, by Aidan…

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When Too Much Freedom Leads to Tyranny

About the book The Liberty Paradox: Living with the Responsibilities of Freedom…

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Truth and Authoritarianism in America

Building on his new book On Truth in Politics: Why Democracy Demands…

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