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		<title>Virtual Parliaments in Times of Coronavirus: Flattening the Authoritarian Curve?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To avoid rule of law giving way to rule by decree, parliaments must continue working, even if virtually.  <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2020/04/21/virtual-parliaments-in-times-of-coronavirus-flattening-the-authoritarian-curve/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2020/04/21/virtual-parliaments-in-times-of-coronavirus-flattening-the-authoritarian-curve/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NOSSAS as the New Civil Society: Online, Offline, and as a Platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, a friend of mine who was going to speak at a conference asked me for good cases of civic tech &#8220;that works&#8221;. I didn&#8217;t hesitate, and advised him to get in touch with the people at NOSSAS, &#8230; <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/30/nossas-as-the-new-civil-society-online-offline-and-as-a-platform/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a> <a href="https://democracyspot.net/2017/12/30/nossas-as-the-new-civil-society-online-offline-and-as-a-platform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why ‘I-Paid-A-Bribe’ Worked in India but Failed in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting paper by Yuen Yuen Ang, Political Scientist at the University of Michigan: Authoritarian states restrain online activism not only through repression and censorship, but also by indirectly weakening the ability of netizens to self-govern and constructively engage the state. &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2013/12/23/why-i-paid-a-bribe-worked-in-india-but-failed-in-china/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=879&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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