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SACRAMENTO
COLUMN: FIGHTING 'FIRE WITH FIRE' AND ALL-CAPS
Does being tyrannical really topple a tyrant?
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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BOULDER
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW Reimaginging the Local Public Meeting
A Case Study of Strengthening Local Democracy in a Colorado City
Image credit; Asia Democracy Chronicles
HONG KONG
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Weaponing Bureaucracy to Stifle Dissent
Hong Kong Uses Tax Audits, Licensing, Inspections
KUNIGAMI, OKINAWA
COLUMN: A Planetary Game of Local Warnings
6,500 Miles Away From Home, a Possible Tsunami Taught Local Lessons
TOKYO
NEWSLETTER: Local Is Not a Level; Growing Grätzloasen; Democracy Camping
Also: Pati's Revolt, Viennese Parks, Taiwanese AI
Digital Democracy and e-Governance
Digitalisation Can Divide Us or Empower Democracy — We Decide
Town halls are moving online, we are able to sign petitions from the comfort of our own homes, and collective...
BASSERSDORF
SWI Democracy on Your Doorstep
The Lessons of Swiss Municipal Assemblies
WASHINGTON DC
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW The Geography of Discontent
And What Democratic Innovations Can Do About It
OHE HTEIN TWIN VILLAGE
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Local Education As a Weapon of War
In Myanmar, Schools Are Bombed, Teachers Hunted—and Education Is Defiance
A monument to the victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy stands in front of the garment factory that collapsed on April 4, 2013. (Photo: Piyas Biswas)
DHAKA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Life in the Rubble
Survivor's of Bangladesh's work industrial disaster are still waiting for justice
MBODIENE, SENEGAL
COLUMN The Rich Ignore Governance in Their Urban Utopias
From Borneo to Cancun, Plans for Future Cities Omit Local Democracy and Self-Rule