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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/05/how-did-liberal-democracies-emerge/>
"Nearly two decades ago, the political commentator Fareed Zakaria wrote
a prophetic article called “The Rise of the Illiberal Democracy,” in
which he worried about the rise of popular autocrats with little regard
for the rule of law and civil liberties. Governments may be elected in
free and fair elections, he wrote, and yet routinely violate their
citizens’ basic rights.
Since Zakaria’s piece, illiberal democracies have become more the norm
than the exception. By Freedom House’s count, more than 60% of the
world’s countries are electoral democracies – regimes in which political
parties compete and come to power in regularly scheduled elections – up
from around 40% in the late 1980s. But the majority of these democracies
fail to provide equal protection under the law.
Typically, it is minority groups (ethnic, religious, linguistic, or
regional) that bear the brunt of illiberal policies and practices. But
government opponents of all stripes run the risk of censorship,
persecution, or wrongful imprisonment."
Via Jennifer Freeman.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
