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World Service,08 Jul 2016,49 mins

Power to the People?

The Real Story

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British politics is in turmoil following the EU referendum result, and the American political establishment has been turned upside down by the rise of populist candidates. Is this a sign that democratic institutions are being successfully wrested from the grip of established elites, or that democracy itself is in crisis? Join Owen Bennett Jones and his panel of experts as they discuss whether there's a better way of doing democracy - and whether we should still be promoting it worldwide as the best form of government. (Picture shows ballot boxes in the United States. Credit: Getty Images)

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