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Profumo di anni ’30?

Alcuni pensano che aleggi intorno alle nostre democrazie occidentali un profumo che ci riporta all’inizio, o addirittura agli anni ’30, del secolo scorso. In effetti, gli indicatori non mancano. In particolare, una frattura sociale che…

Democracy’s night shall pass

Election by election, the growing consensus for populisms and a virulent opposition to democratic institutions have started a new historical phase for politics all around the World. The optimistic preconditions of a gradual global…

Rousseau’s curse

Jean Jacques Rousseau once argued that even the best made constitutional arrangements cannot function if the people who get to power do not want them to work. At the time, he was reflecting on the government of Poland. Today he might look…