Stories - local democracy

Illustration Courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles

The Hong Kong Diaspora's Power

How Hong Kongers continue to fight for democracy from abroad.

Українські міста були лідерами демократії

Mayor Park Won-soon in 2014

After the Mayor's Death

After suicide and scandal, Korean local democracy finds new life.

School group at Asian African Conference Museum, Bandung, Indonesia

Do You Live in Democracy?

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Aleksandra Wiśniewska (above), a 29-year-old political novice, who is now the youngest woman MP in Poland’s parliament. Courtesy of Aleksandra Wiśniewska/Instagram.

How to Win an Unfair Election

An exchange in Lodz reveals how the Polish opposition managed to defeat an authoritarian ruling party.

Go to Bed, My City Council

Late-night decisions backfire

Future elections and local direct democracy in Ukraine: interview with Julia Kyrychenko

In Country in focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...

Can Ukraine's experiments in local democracy survive the invasion?

Save The World With Local Democracy

... Local Democracy.... September 15 is the International Day of Democracy, which brings together the sort of...

Global Forum 2016: How Cities Fix Democracy

Reykjavik, Vienna, Seoul, Los Angeles and Bern: these are pioneering cities in terms of modern participatory...