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Political parties are essential institutions of democracy. They facilitate political participation, draw up manifestos for government and in healthy systems, act as stabilising forces. But their principal function is to win elections, and so candidate selection forms a fundamental part of that task.

After protesters occupied parliament, the government did something extraordinary: it hired them, says Demos chief executive Polly Curtis

Venezuelans mobilize for a crucial election to defend democracy amidst economic and political challenges.

In Athens, the birthplace of republican rule, a new exhibition is exploring art it inspired, from pop art shootings to spies lurking in the Parthenon. Ironically, dictators steal the show

Case raises questions about complicity of western financial institutions in persecution of Chinese government critics

The Strengthening Australian Democracy report released by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil this week provides a sophisticated diagnosis of the challenges facing democratic governance around the world. The report also offers a broad prescription of how Australia might meet those challenges.

For nearly 200 years, the notion of American political exceptionalism has had currency in the United States: it is an idea rooted in the nation’s status as the first modern republic. As we watch from afar, disturbed yet mesmerised by the latest chapter of violent political division in America, the…

The journalist tells of her fears for democracy’s future, the dangers of another Trump presidency and how her husband became Poland’s foreign minister

THE Labour​ MP Clive Lewis has said that he would like to see progress on outlining democratic routes to a UK republic and an independent…

Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s failings put a focus on their understudies, but in JD Vance and Kamala Harris there’s precious little to cheer

Anger over the government's job quota system is widespread.