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Month: January 2022

Civic Engagement/Democratic Governance

Rebuilding and Recovering Democratic Governance

January 30, 2022September 18, 2022 Gerardo Berthin1 Comment

Five years ago, I started this blog to reflect on and analyze the current and future state of democratic governance in the world.  In the inaugural blog, I reflected on the ending cycle of a period of unprecedented expansion of human rights and inclusive governance, and how under more complex circumstances a new cycle was beginning to emerge. It was clear then that democratic governance was not only about elections but most importantly about its performance.  The last five years have been intense in terms of challenges, not only in the democratic governance sphere but also in terms of a global pandemic that has further stretched the limits of democratic governance systems and strengthened non-democratic and autocratic behavior.  At the end of 2021, the world might still be at the cusp of ending a long cycle of political action that has been dominated by democratic progress, and exhausted is trying to navigate its way into another cycle.  What is not clear, is what that new cycle will look like, and which actors will lead.  The past five years have not been kind to democratic governance, as unexpected and expected actors and factors have emerged.  What scenarios are plausible in the next five years?

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Civic Engagement/Democratic Governance

Reconstruyendo y Recuperando la Gobernabilidad Democrática

January 30, 2022September 18, 2022 Gerardo BerthinLeave a comment

Hace cinco años inicié este blog para reflexionar y analizar el estado actual y futuro de la gobernabilidad democrática en el mundo. En el blog inaugural, reflexioné sobre el fin del ciclo de un período de expansión de los derechos humanos y la gobernabilidad inclusiva sin precedente, y cómo en circunstancias más complejas comenzaba a surgir un nuevo ciclo. Quedó claro entonces que la gobernabilidad democrática no se trataba solo de elecciones, sino, lo que es más importante, de su desempeño. Los últimos cinco años han sido intensos en términos de desafíos, no solo en el ámbito de la gobernabilidad democrática, sino también en términos de una pandemia global que ha estirado aún más los límites de sistemas de gobernabilidad democrática y fortalecido el comportamiento no democrático y autocrático. A fines de 2021, es posible que el mundo aún esté a punto de terminar un largo ciclo de acción política que ha estado dominado por el progreso democrático y ahora agotado, intenta navegar hacia otro ciclo. Lo que no está claro es cómo será ese nuevo ciclo y que rasgos y actores lo lideraran. Los últimos cinco años no han sido benévolos con la gobernabilidad democrática, ya que han surgido actores y factores inesperados y esperados. ¿Qué escenarios son plausibles en los próximos cinco años?

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