Social media’s role in Turkey’s dissent
After weeks of civil unrest in June, there remains no clarity as to the long-term social and political impact of the Turkish protests which…
Work Areas
Democracy Works Foundation offers 4 core programs. We speak of the pillars that our Foundation is built on.
Our 4 programs are:
Deepening Democratic Culture
Citizens & Leaders
Monitoring
Strengthening Institutions
Our work relevant to each particular program is captured on this page and can be found, per program, in the sidebar on the right or via the top drop-down menu.
Paper 2: Power and Inequality in Africa
Since independence from colonialism and white-minority regimes, individual African countries have, in the context of the global order, suffered from inequality in power –…
Paper 1: Delivering a democratic developmental state in South Africa
The Asian financial crisis, which followed the wave of democratisation after the end of the Cold War, sparked an intense debate over the concept…
Pulpits used to fight ANC factional battles
As the country appears to plod along aimlessly with moral decay, rampant corruption and public service delivery failures, the church must be a voice…