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Home / Themes / Democracy and citizenship / Page 8

Democracy and citizenship

Electrified Fence. Photo: Gerson Galán Beras (Public domain)
Future of Europe Analyses

Against ‘the other’? Expanding or reducing ‘the other’ in populist mobilisation: the case of refugees

Taking 2015 as a critical juncture, this paper analyses the different trajectories of the politicisation of refugees in the European Union.

By Margarita Gómez-Reino, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Beatriz Acha
28 Sep 2020 //
20 mins Reading time
"Fight for your digital rights!". Photo: Jason Krüger. Konferenz "Das ist Netzpolitik!" 2017 (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA CC BY-SA 4.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Digital rights: a necessary, yet not sufficient framework

Digital rights start to be addressed integrally. But it is essential to work on a significant weakness: the lack of own mechanisms and procedures.

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
20 Jul 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Which futures for which democracies. Photo: mauro mora (@mauromora). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Which futures for which democracies

Which is the path for democracies to assume long-term uncertainty in a scenario where a mere country-risk matrix is no longer possible?

By Raquel Jorge Ricart
27 Jan 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
No electoral system is perfect, but some seem fairer. Left: ballot boxes from the 2008 London elections (London, UK). Photo: secretlondon123 (CC BY-SA 2.0). Right: ballot box in a polling station (Gijón, Spain). Photo: Patricia Simón (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

No electoral system is perfect, but some seem fairer

Spaniards and British are equally fed up with their politicians. In both cases, part of the discontent lies with the electoral systems in each count.

By William Chislett
21 Nov 2019 //
5 mins Reading time
Sillhouete of a whistleblower on window glass pane. Photo: leon lau (@leonimagine). Elcano Blog
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Praise for the whistleblower

The fact that Donald Trump finds himself in dire straits and facing possible impeachment proceedings is due to a whistleblower.

By Andrés Ortega
12 Nov 2019 //
5 mins Reading time
Converging western cultural policy debates. National Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest, Romania).
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Converging western cultural policy debates

Cultural policies tend to evolve towards a more active sphere that mixes artistic, cultural and media assets as well as their economic impact.

By Ángel Badillo Matos
07 Aug 2019 //
13 mins Reading time
Financial Times (FT) 125th anniversary reception. Photo: © Grace Villamil / Financial Times (CC BY 2.0)
Democracy and citizenship Experts Comments

Spain through the eyes of an FT correspondent

When FT journalist Tobias Buck took up his post at the end of 2012, Spain was in the throes of crises. By the time he left in 2017, it was back on its feet.

By William Chislett
18 Jul 2019 //
7 mins Reading time
Facilities for refugees in Turkey - Photo: © European Union 2016 - European Parliament (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Democracy and citizenship Analyses

Legal challenges and the practicability of disembarkation centres for illegal migrants outside the EU

This paper analyses the legal challenges and practicability of establishing of disembarkation centres for illegal migrants outside EU territory.

By Arndt Künnecke
16 May 2019 //
33 mins Reading time
Screenshot of the Global political influencer network. Elcano Royal Institute
Democracy and citizenship Analyses

Women, gender and think tanks: political influence network in Twitter 2018

What are the relationships and networks of gender studies and women specialists within the global network of political influence on Twitter?

By Juan Antonio Sánchez Giménez, Cristina Manzano
02 Apr 2019 //
20 mins Reading time

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