staff Vlogs05 October 2022

Friends and Foes: Failed States and Authoritarian Regimes - Brighter Futures

Episode 11Natasha Lindstaedt from the Department of Government discusses with Jules Pretty authoritarian regimes and dictatorships - how they function, how they perform and why they fail. She also covers the growing trend of democracies becoming more autocratic..

Brighter Futures is the film series from the Centre for Public and Policy Engagement at the University of Essex about how research can influence policy and change people's lives.

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