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Declining State of Democratic Institutions and the Implications for Governance
democracy and affected by institutional entropy, this approach may
create “pockets of paradise.” But, if the world has learned anything
from popular movements over the last 30 years, it is that they will not
endure authoritarianism and corruption forever, and when they finally
rise up they will need tried and true leaders who have demonstrated, by
their actions, that they can build a more just world.