Stumbling Democracy
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85% of Indians support autocracy or military rule, shows Pew survey
A total of 54% believed that elected representatives do not care about what people like them think.
Scroll Staff
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Will Trump’s America mirror Viktor Orbán’s Hungary in its slide toward authoritarianism?
The real power of authoritarian populists like Trump and Orban lies not in the institutions they hijack but in the novel electoral support coalition they create
Gábor Scheiring, The Conversation
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Large numbers of Americans want a strong, anti-democratic leader. Sounds familiar?
The United States may be in early stages of democratic decline.
Tarah Williams, The Conversation, Andrew Bloeser, The Conversation & Brian Harward, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Opinion: Why India has lost the right to call itself a liberal democracy
While liberals are being dismissed as misguided and irrelevant, Indian democracy is being co-opted by an entity that has come to be described as the People.
Rajgopal Saikumar
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Mohamed Morsi: Most Egyptians may not mourn the death of their democratically elected president
Morsi’s fate is by no means exceptional. He is the latest victim of a regime committed to imposing its will on the nation.
Dina Rezk, The Conversation
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Democracy is decaying around the world, one law at a time
From India to Poland to America, even historically strong democracies are passing legislation that makes it harder and riskier to engage in peaceful protests.
Chrystie Flournoy Swiney, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Have the Americans lost faith in democracy? A survey offers interesting insights
It is feared that there is a declining attachment to democratic institutions, especially among younger citizens.
Marc Fleurbaey, The Conversation
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Crisis of democracy: What happened to protection of rights for all under the rule of law?
Populism threatens to suffocate liberal democracy and its institutions.
Joanna Korey
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Latin America's leftism looks paler than ever as trailblazers stumble and fall
The region suddenly seems to be lurching to the right – but was it ever that far left in the first place?
Neil Pyper, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future