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In The Media
Around the World, Rigged Elections Are Very Real and Very Violent
Trust in democracy and its institutions are essential to the democratic process making recent campaign rhetoric in the United States regarding rigged elections all the more troubling.
Published on Oct 21, 2016
Source: WNYC’s The Takeaway
Speaking with WNYC’s The Takeaway, Carnegie’s Michele Dunne discusses the importance of trust in the institutions of democracy and how it is being discussed in the 2016 US election.
About the Author
Michele Dunne
Former Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Program
Michele Dunne was a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.
- Islamic Institutions in Arab States: Mapping the Dynamics of Control, Co-option, and Contention
- From Hardware to Holism: Rebalancing America’s Security Engagement With Arab StatesResearch
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Robert Springborg, Emile Hokayem, Becca Wasser, …
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