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Erica Frantz

Erica Frantz

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Political|US|World

Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe

Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among power-hungry leaders is establishing control over the country’s bureaucracy.

Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe
Opinion|US

Why Trump’s control of the Republican Party is bad for democracy

A second Trump presidency may be a danger to democracy, but that’s more to do with the Republican Party than Trump himself, researchers of authoritarianism explain.

Why Trump’s control of the Republican Party is bad for democracy

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