Episode 6 Is Democracy Broken?
This video explores some of the problems that can damage modern democracies, including corruption, lobbying and disinformation.
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Roughly 45% of the world’s population lives in some kind of democracy. But do you know what a democracy is or where that word comes from? This series explores the history of democracy and modern democracies we know today.
This video explores some of the problems that can damage modern democracies, including corruption, lobbying and disinformation.
This video explores the history of the modern political party, as well as the positives and negatives of the multiparty systems we know today.
This video explores the importance of voting in democratic governments and how direct democracy developed into the representative democracy we know today.
This video explores common democratic rights and how they developed, and explains how the Rule of Law is upheld in todays society.
This video explores what a constitution is, why changing one is so difficult and how these documents apply to modern society.
This video explores what democracy is, its history and how it developed into the system of government we know today.
