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Will Guinea's experiment in democracy succeed?
While Condé's unlikely victory was a tremendous leap forward for democracy in Guinea, and Africa, the upcoming elections will be even more telling. The citizens of Guinea were open to the experiment of democracy; what the election this weekend will ...
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Erdoğan, the EU and Turkish democracy
I am not even saying it with the disappointment I feel as an academic, as someone who believed completely in democracy in Turkey, who supported with all of his might the EU accession process and who has always placed tremendous value in the West, ...
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Poroshenko: 'Ukraine is fighting . . . for global democracy and freedom'

Poroshenko: 'Ukraine is fighting . . . for global democracy and freedom'
My main message is that Ukraine is fighting not just for our independence but for global democracy and freedom. Every American should understand this. When it comes to military cooperation, this is an investment in the homeland security of the U.S. The ...
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2015 MacArthur "Genius" Award Winner Ta-Nehisi Coates on Democracy Now!
Other winners include Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer and star of the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton"; Gary Cohen, an environmental health activist; and Juan Salgado, a Chicago-based immigrant rights organizer. Democracy Now! has featured Ta-Nehisi ...
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New Graphic Book About Democracy In Greece

New Graphic Book About Democracy In Greece
Democracy book A team of talented artists and writers deliver a new graphic novel that presents extraordinary characters and bold colors in an effort to offer a sprightly explanation of the abstract concept of “Democracy” tracing its birthplace to its ...
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How Y Combinator non-profit alum DemocracyOS hopes to upgrade democracy
Academic and activist Larry Lessig might not be the next president of the United States, but his entry in the race helps bring across the point that democracy should and can be fixed. In that sense, his message is not much different from the mission of ...
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The Democracy Project at SOU: An Opportunity for Learning and Leadership
Editor's note: This is the first of six weekly installments of "Dispatches from India" about Southern Oregon University Honors College students' trip to India this month to learn more about democracy in action. When Southern Oregon University launched ...
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Alternative democracy

Alternative democracy
That is precisely what Alternative Democracy offers the populous. The internet, smartphone apps and modern technology as a whole has given us the ability to participate and comment on current political issues. Alternative democracy takes this notion a ...
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Kenya's rampant corruption is eating away at the very fabric of democracy
It is highly unusual for even nominally democratic governments in developing countries to start fighting corruption midway through their term. This is in part because if you haven't put the infrastructure in place to deal with graft in your first 24 ...
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