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The new democratic Challenges:
In recent years, the wave of democratization has slowed or, in the case of some countries, been reversed.
Today the perception of democracy being in crisis is palpable and is in stark contrast to the triumphalism about democracy and the end of history that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
Apart from the instances of democracy reversals, there has been a steady decline in many countries in some aspects of governance, political participation and media freedoms, and a clear deterioration in attitudes associated with, or conducive to, democracy.
In Europe and the US the main features of regression are a declining trust in political institutions; other weaknesses in the functioning of government; the increasing role played by non-elected technocrats, experts and judges; increased voter abstention and declining political participation; and curbs on civil liberties, including media freedoms. All of these are having a corrosive effect on some long-established democracies
Public faith in democracy has declined in recent decades and that there has been a rise in public support for non-democratic alternatives.
Some of the broader socioeconomic and structural- demographic developments in recent decades that have led to a decline in civic engagement, social connectedness and political participation.
One of the major developments has been the movement of women into the labour force, with many positive impacts is also driving many demographic new trends, many new social movements put pressure to avoid widening gaps between rich and poor, or among beliefs, preferences and physical or social limitations.
A new education model, to promote basic skills that enable students to express themselves, that ensures equal access to quality and equal use of technology if finally at our reach, to become the first generation in human history that can access all available talent in the World to build a better democratic journey.
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