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Erosion of democracy? The case of Niseko, Japan

  • Kiyomi Misaki,

Top-down and centralised regional policy has undermined participation and responsibility at the grassroots level.

Challenging Japan’s ‘War Laws’: contemporary civil society action in the courts

  • Adam Eldridge-Imamura,

Street protests against Abe’s Peace and Security Legislation give way to court action challenging their constitutionality.

From the streets to ballot boxes: The decline of activist-based social movements in Turkey

  • Ahmet Bekmen,

Everything from hyper-inflation to civil servants’ promotions have been postponed until the elections in 2023.

INTERVIEW: ‘We need help’ – Myanmar civil society two years after the military coup

  • Thinzar Shunlei Yi ,

A young democracy activist who’s been forced to flee Myanmar reflects on the current state of civil society.

Indonesia demonstrates that civil society as a backbone of democracy is a myth

  • Dr Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir,

Civil society has failed to defend democratic institutions from being hijacked by reactionary populist politics.