Democracies do not all form the same way; Indonesia provides an excellent example into the relationship between COVID-19 and democratization and its potential hazards.
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While his country wages war against a deadly pandemic, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has taken a similar approach to the former US President in that he has downplayed the pandemic and hailed pseudo-scientific cures.
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What could be South Korea’s secret to a relatively successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic? What factors aided in that response? I would say South Korea’s successful response is due to strong civil society, social capital, and government transparency. These are fundamental components of democracy, as they form the basis of an active civil society.
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