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Correspondents Healing Hong Kong’s political divisions – not as easy as ABC? Duncan Hewitt 21 February 2017 Updated 28 February | Candidates for next month’s election of a new chief executive are coming up against a more radical generation National affairs Politicians behaving badly Norman Abjorensen 28 November 2016 Australia isn’t entirely immune to the forces unleashed in Europe and the United States Books & arts The fossil fuel of politics Klaus Neumann 23 November 2016 Books | How should we respond to the growing crisis in electoral democracy? International Down-ballot democracy Tom Greenwell 28 October 2016 Behind the high-profile presidential race, Americans will be voting on hundreds of proposals to change the law on 8 November

Essays & reportage Havel’s legacy Jane Goodall 9 January 2012 Václav Havel, who died in December, was Orwell’s true successor, writes Jane Goodall Podcasts Will democracy survive? Peter Clarke 15 September 2009 Democracy did not emerge as an historical inevitability, John Keane tells Peter Clarke National affairs Australian democracy’s mixed scorecard Norman Abjorensen 29 July 2009 Norman Abjorensen, co-author of Australia: The State of Democracy, runs a tape-measure over the nation’s democratic institutions and practices National affairs The real crisis of democracy Norman Abjorensen 26 May 2009 Fortunately the Institute of Public Affairs has had less influence than it has sought over the past sixty-six years, writes Norman Abjorensen