A View from Afar – In this the seventh episode of A View from Afar podcast for 2023 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine the strengths and weaknesses of democracy around the world.

In particular Paul and Selwyn consider how and why democracy in many countries around the world is on the slide.

They examine the causes of democratic backsliding and also test why the erosion of high democratic ideas have, in many cases, popular support.

First, Paul gives us a context and defines democratic backsliding.

He identifies the countries that are decisively eroding their own democracies of principles that were once embraced by both power elites and citizenry.

The Questions:

• Why are we seeing more democratic backsliding in recent times?

• Is it just a political phenomenon or does it extend beyond the political sphere?

• Where has democratic backsliding been most evident?

• What do Chile, Guatemala, Israel and Thailand have in common?

INTERACTION WHILE LIVE:

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Participants in this podcast can be contacted via email below:

• Dr Paul G. Buchanan: email Paul@36th-Parallel.com
• Selwyn Manning: email Selwyn@milnz.nz

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RECOGNITION:

The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication.

Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category.

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