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Hungary election
Hungary
The opposition understood the assignment.
The Hungarian 3-step plan to beat an authoritarian.  Autocrats around the world will study Orbán’s successes: how to consolidate power over time, how to reward loyalists, how to weaken watchdogs, and how to loot the state while...
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Empowering Youth and Women for Elective Political Power in Nigeria
Following their earlier story, Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) returns with a second event contribution to the International Democracy Community. This September initiative marked International Democracy Day...
VILLANUEVA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: A Small Town and the Last Coal Plant
In a Small Town in the Southern Philippines, the Stalling of a Coal Plant's Closing
ZURICH
SWIS: How Important Is Volunteering to Democracy?
If You Volunteer, You're More Likely to Understand Compromise and Democracy
KIRKENES
NEW FEATURE: Where In the Democratic World is Bruno Kaufmann?
A Norwegian town on the Russia border feels pressure, and sees promise, in geopolitics
BRATISLAVA
SWI: Does Democracy Make a Place Richer?
Do Prosperity and Democracy Still Go Together?
OAKLAND
COLUMN: Why Can't I Quit This California-Invented Gambling Game?
Invented in Oakland, Fantasy Sports Has Us in Its Grip
CHICAGO
NATIONAL CIVIC LEAGUE: Local Governments and Community Foundation
Potential Partners? And a Meeting on Sept. 30 in Chicago.
BOULDER
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW: Reimaginging the Local Public Meeting
A Case Study of Strengthening Local Democracy in a Colorado City
GEDANGROWO
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Not Our Trash
East Java Villages Struggle to Manage World's Plastic Waste
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN: FIGHTING 'FIRE WITH FIRE' AND ALL-CAPS
Does being tyrannical really topple a tyrant?
HONG KONG
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: Weaponizing Bureaucracy to Stifle Dissent
Hong Kong Uses Tax Audits, Licensing, Inspections