Is een revolutie van het denken in de 21ste eeuw nog mogeljk? - Boeken knack.be - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from knack.be Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
S2 Episode 14: Europe’s Colonial Legacies Indonesia was the first country to proclaim its independence after the Second World War, setting in motion a significant chapter of post-colonial history by doing so. In his latest book,
Revolusi, Belgian cultural historian and prolific author David van Reybrouck examines the Dutch East Indies’ past and places it in a global context. A five-year project spanning over 200 interviews with living eyewitnesses, he tells Olga and Hugh why he undertook it, and how (spoiler alert: even the dating app Tinder helped him out). In both his new book and his previous volume on Belgian colonial history,
The futility of elections: Re-thinking democracy in East Africa
22 Feb 2021
A truck carries soldiers of the South Sudanese government force in the capital Juba on Nov. 12, 2016. (Photo by Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images)
Despite their frequency and venerated place in the functioning of democracies, elections in East Africa are increasingly violent, plagued by coercion and irregularities and tend to exacerbate existing sociopolitical tensions without resulting in meaningful political change, improved quality of governance or citizen participation.
Recent polls in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi,South Sudan and Uganda have been heavily criticised. But, electoral “winners” can claim their victories as legitimate despite the dubious circumstances under which they held.
Vizepräsident Mike Pence sagt den gewalttätigen Demonstranten: «Ihr habt nicht gewonnen Gewalt wird niemals gewinnen» oltnertagblatt.ch - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oltnertagblatt.ch Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.