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Civil society tends to become a sort of artificial reservoir for an endangered species: the democratic intellectual, protected by the international institutions

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Giovanni Navarria

Giovanni Navarria is researching for a doctorate at the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at the University of Westminster, London. His interests include the public sphere, civil society, group theory, social networks, activism, China and the network society. His website here.

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E-government: who controls the controllers?

The promise of e-government is a transparent, accessible, efficient state in a new partnership with its citizens. But, asks Giovanni Navarria, could it be the model of an invisible model of political control?

The future of dissent: hacking Chinese censorship

Should we despair at the power of an authoritarian regime to censor the most democratic force of our time? Giovanni Navarria sees a ray of hope burst through the clouds hanging over Chinese netizens.

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