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For the people? Democracy struggles when it can’t deliver prosperity

Implicit in western support for pro-democracy movements and transitions around the world is an assumption that, given a free choice, a system of elected, representative government is what people will prefer. But what if a majority believes democracy doesn’t work for them?

Emerging testimony from Tunisia, the latest country to face a crisis over how it is run,

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