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The Real Story: Power to the People?

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Power to the People?

08/07/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Real Story, Power to the People?

Is the old political order being overturned by a new democratic populism?

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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