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Freedom House holds that small archipelago states such as Vanuatu, Kiribati and São Tomé and Príncipe are high-ranking democracies. This article sets out to explore and analyse how the political systems of these three states function in their everyday practice, and to understand whether the correlation between smallness on the one hand, and democracy on the other, is borne out in political practice. Our study shows that many processes and procedures that we associate with that of a liberal democracy are indeed present in the cases. However, we also show that a number of procedures and occurrences that point to the contrary are likewise present. These include issues that pertain to the lack of actual separation of powers, lack of female political representation, friendship corruption, and nepotism. We propose further inquiry to increase our understanding as to whether these issues are related to the small population size of these countries., peer-reviewed

Freedom House holds that small archipelago states such as Vanuatu, Kiribatiand São Tomé and Príncipe are high-ranking democracies. This article sets out to explore andanalyse how the political systems of these three states function in their everyday practice, andto understand whether the correlation between smallness on the one hand, and democracy onthe other, is borne out in political practice. Our study shows that many processes andprocedures that we associate with that of a liberal democracy are indeed present in the cases.However, we also show that a number of procedures and occurrences that point to the contraryare likewise present. These include issues that pertain to the lack of actual separation of powers,lack of female political representation, friendship corruption, and nepotism. We propose furtherinquiry to increase our understanding as to whether these issues are related to the smallpopulation size of these countries. Large Lessons from Small Cases: Façade or Democracy in Kiribati, Vanuatu and São Tomé and Príncipe?

Polarisering har under senare år varit ett flitigt använtbegrepp i olika sammanhang. Men vad menar man med polarisering, och har den politiska polariseringen ökat i Sverige? Detta undersöker sns Demokratiråd 2021. Rapportförfattarna beskriver ett antal sätt att mäta polariseringsgraden i partisystemet, riksdagen, medierna och bland medborgare. Utifrån sina studier svarar de påfrågorna om Sverige är mer polariserat i dag än tidigare och om politiken här är mer eller mindre polariserad än i andra länder. De resonerar även kring polariseringens betydelse för hur demokratin fungerar och hur mycket polarisering demokratin kan tåla.