The challenges of democracy and democratisation in Africa and Middle East by Tar, Usman A.

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Liberal democratisation and ethnic politics in Africa: methodological reflections by Tar, Usman A.

“…This article offers methodological reflections of the relationships between liberal democratisation and ethnic politics in Africa, based on a critique of an ‘empirical’ research work carried out on the subject matter by Smith (2000: 21-39). …”
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Human Rights, Celebrity and Democracy by Wheeler, Mark

“…Therefore, it will discuss how a literature which has been framed upon the principles of aesthetics and style (Street 2004 , 2012 ; Farrell 2012), Global North and South relations (Richey 2016) and post- humanitarianism (Chouliaraki 2013 ; Brockington 2014a) can be employed to map the relations between celebrity, human rights and democratisation.…”
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Reality filters: disinformation and fake news by Tredinnick, Luke, Laybats, Claire

“…Fake news and disinformation have come to dominate, and the democratising effects of digital media have been undone by increasing concentrations of power into a handful of tech companies. …”
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The theory and practice of self-management in Algeria by Bougara, Omar

“…It is concluded that the major reason why attempts at democratising the decision making process have been unsuccessful is that, model builders, simply grafted a participatory structure onto a traditional one. …”
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