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Tag: Civic space

Defending civic space: A strategic imperative for the international community

DemDigest    October 29, 2019 October 29, 2019   

Civic space—the fundamental liberties that allow people to gather, communicate, and collectively engage in groups to influence society and politics—is the bedrock of any democracy. But it is increasingly vulnerable,… Read more »

accountability, Africa, Analysis, Asia, Authoritarianism, Central/Eastern Europe, Civic space, Civil Resistance, Civil Society, Democracy Assistance and Promotion, democracy promotion, Democratic Backsliding    Civic space, Defending Civic Space: Is the International Community Stuck?, democratic development, European Endowment for Democracy, Fund for Global Human Rights, Funders’ Initiative for Civil Society, Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Kirsten Sehnbruch, LSE International Inequalities Institute, Saskia Brechenmacher and Thomas Carothers, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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