Yanina Welp

Yanina Welp is a Research fellow at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute (Geneva), editorial coordinator at Agenda Pública and co-founder of the Red de Politólogas. Between 2008 and 2018 she was a principal researcher at the Centre for Democracy Studies and co-director of the Zurich Latin American Centre (2016-2019), both at the University of Zurich

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How participatory budgeting gives citizens a say in financial matters

This content was published on Nov 2, 2022 Switzerland and Argentina have two different approaches to involving citizens in money matters.

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Recall vote: Mexico uses a Swiss democracy tool

This content was published on Apr 9, 2022 On April 10, Mexicans will vote on recalling their president. The process, which allows voters to remove an elected official, has a Swiss history.

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Mexico’s first referendum: for democracy or for populism?

This content was published on Jul 27, 2021 Popular votes might boost citizen power, but they also risk creating social divisions. Which way is Mexico going?

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Fourth of July and the reinvention of modern democracy

This content was published on Jul 3, 2021 After decades of conflict, Chile is now on a democratic new path, inspiring the whole world – and learning lessons from others like Switzerland.

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Freedom of expression: universal, but not absolute

This content was published on May 6, 2021 Under threat in many countries and pushed to its limits elsewhere, freedom of expression as we know it is at a critical crossroads.

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