Today's democracies are struggling with what Fareed Zakaria calls "rising demands and diminishing trust." Institutions and their indispensable role are one of the fundamental building blocks of democratic societies. Polarization and the inability of political cooperation are accompanied by attacks on institutions, creating a vicious circle of distrust and diminished prestige.
How can we reverse these eroding processes and ensure that our democratic institutions, which we have inherited from previous generations, survive the changes in politics and societies of the 21st century?
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