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President Kais Saied's de facto dissolution of parliament in July 2021, abandonment of the constitution, and targeting of the opposition are clear signs that Tunisia is no longer a democracy and has returned to the authoritarian playbook of Arab leaders past and present. I see three main reasons for this abrupt end to Tunisia's decade-old democracy: 1) the failure to accompany political reform with socioeconomic gains for citizens;2) the subsequent rise of populism;and 3) the mistakes of the Islamic party. To move forward in Tunisia and the Arab world more broadly, prodemocratic forces must link freedom, development, and social justice.
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Global/Canada The post–Cold War assumption of democracy's inevitable triumph—described by Francis Fukuyama as the "End of History" thesis—does not apply to our world, and democracies need to adjust accordingly, argues Canada's deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland. The jeers I face in Question Period, the fact-checking of skeptical journalists, the hard verdict of the ballot box—all of these make me a better minister than I would be if we governed in splendid authoritarian isolation. Support independent workers' power in and beyond these protests;abolish anti-worker practices like the 996 work schedule and strengthen labor law protections, including protecting workers' right to strike and self-organization, so they can participate more extensively in political life. Avoid the risky tactic of long-term occupation of streets and town squares—adopt "Be Water"-style mobilization to prevent authorities from too easily clamping down on protesters.
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Our role as teacher educators implies questioning more than our actions inside the classroom, especially during a crisis like the one that our country and the world are currently experiencing. In October 2019, Chile awoke with a student revolt that extended nationally. After this, the COVID-19 epidemic also altered Chile 's political and socioeconomic landscape. Rethinking the role of teachers in a new scenery is an issue that we address as a team of academics working on teacher education. It 's a two-pronged approach: First, we look back to observe the depoliticization of teachers and society in a neoliberal context;and second, we look forward to the issues we see in this process of post-pandemic change and Chile 's new Constitution. In the end, we connect with other components that we think are critical to re-politicizing teacher education.
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In an era of multiplatform journalism and the extraordinary ease of presenting views online, democracies face a key challenge, namely convincing citizens of the rightness of the solutions put forward. The concepts of "deliberative communication" offer a seemingly simple solution to the search for social consensus. However, citizens are much more exposed than in the past to disinformation, misdirection and purposeful manipulation. This study examines the quality of public debate in the adoption of major health legislation in the Slovak Republic. The aim is to highlight the different attitudes of the participants to the debate and the different motivations of the participants in the broad public debate. The study presents an analysis of the outputs of professional organisations and political representatives at national and regional level. It highlights the biased coverage of local media and the level of debate involving an exceptionally large range of speakers.
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Selectorate theory (Bueno de Mesquita et al., 2003) suggests that the main difference between dictatorships and democracies in any hierarchical entity is the number of people to whom leaders must stay accountable to accrue and maintain power. Any comprehensive labor history will confirm that employees have at times had to exert their limited power in dramatic ways to win the rights and protections they have sought, such as through militant work stoppages and other disruptive tactics, usually overseen by labor unions or other worker collectives (e.g., Murolo & Chitty, 2012). Subordinate group resistance at work Whereas SJT could explain the affective and cognitive effects of BI (or lack thereof), Haslam and Reicher’s (2012) social psychological model of resistance is appropriate for studying behavioral outcomes. According to this model, undesirable consequences like those that BI would mitigate are only one of several obstacles to resistance.