Democracy Paradox
Sarah Repucci from Freedom House with an Update on Freedom in the World
You can't protect basic human rights if you don't have democracy. If you're going to protect basic human rights, you need to have things like credible institutions that hold abusers to account. You need to have opportunities for the least advantaged in a society. The people whose rights are most at risk to be able to choose their leaders and choose leaders who will represent them and serve their interests. You need leaders that serve for the common good, not for their own personal gain.
Sarah Repucci
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Freedom in the World 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule here.
Sarah Repucci is the Vice President of Research and Analysis at Freedom House. She coauthored (along with Amy Slipowitz) Freedom in the World 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule.
Key Highlights
- Global freedom has declined for 16 consecutive years
- How Russia's invasion of Ukraine is part of a broader expansion of authoritarianism
- Myanmar and other countries with major declines in freedom
- Bright spots like Ecuador and Peru
- How we can support democracy in the world
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Freedom in the World 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule by Sarah Repucci and Amy Slipowitz
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