The Climate Of Democracy - NOEMA

Inviting the broader civil society into governance can cool the polarized political atmosphere and lead to effective action.

The Climate Of Democracy Inviting the broader civil society into governance can cool the polarized political atmosphere and lead to effective action. Jonathan Zawada for Noema Magazine Credits Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. He is also the co-founder of and a senior adviser to the Berggruen Institute. Democracies across the West are in varying states of dysfunction. From Israel to France to Mexico, decisions taken in the halls of power fill the streets with protests. In the United States, Washington is paralyzed along partisan lines while state governments in the feder

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