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Chile’s new constitution: An unstable path to the countries future

When in 2019, protests following proposed rises in subway fairs escalated into a broader movement about the country’s constitution, Chile began its long and complicated path towards changing its political system. In 2020, with a...

The Michigan Freedom for Reproductive Rights Campaign and the power of the Citizens Initiative

Politics encompassing a moral dimension often garner considerably more controversy being, as Christopher Mooney puts it, “the validation of a particular set of fundamental values” rather than being viewed and assessed in purely...

Direct democracy is back in the 21st century

Direct democracy is back in the 21st century

The book entitled Direct democracies has just been published in French following several others is situated...

Tunisia: A U-Turn from Democracy

Tunisia: A U-turn from democracy

Once regarded as the sole democracy that has emerged from the mass protests of the Arab Spring in 2011,...

PODCAST: Deliberative Democracy and Citizens’ Assemblies

Ukrainian Vibes - European Public Sphere in Cologne

Ukrainian Vibes on Tour

Three months of intensive planning, networking and promoting have already passed since Ukrainian Vibes 2022...

Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy 2022

Home stretch: less than 100 days to the Global Forum on Modern Direct...

Finally! After two years of pandemic-related uncertainty and a first-ever online edition, our much-...

Rules of the Game - Podcast

PODCAST: Chile's New Constitution with Gabriel Negretto

Conference on the Future of Europe

A European Convention: What does it mean?

On the 24th of February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, there was a need for strong leadership and a...

PODCAST: The evolution of women's political power in Switzerland

AMLO vs. AMLO: the President who recalled himself

On April 10, Mexican voters had the possibility to remove President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from office....

Image: Lessons from the Conference on the Future of Europe

Lessons from the Conference on the Future of Europe

The EU must embark on a path to treaty change and a new European Convention The Conference on the Future of...