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It is not only the dictators and their henchmen who come out badly; the leaders of the world's democracies fare little better.

The empirical literature paints a mixed picture, but overall, it seems to suggest that democracies fare better environmentally than dictatorships across a range of outcomes.

As we approach the end of the first year of the Trump Presidency, how is American democracy faring?

By Bernard Avishai December 29, 2017 As we approach the end of the first year of the Trump Presidency, how is American democracy faring?

In November, we will see how democracy fares against these and other corporate attacks.

Not that democracies have fared much better: witness India, Indonesia and the Philippines, where the presidential election this week underscored how power and wealth lie in the hands of a few families.They do, however, offer the poor a better chance of genuine electoral retribution; unlike, for example, most Central Asian countries.

Pro-democracy campaigners fared well in Tonga's elections last month, but are still outnumbered in parliament by MPs appointed by the king, and the traditional chiefs or nobles of Tonga who support him.

Not surprisingly, democracies tend to fare better than dictatorships, though it's not clear which way the river of causality flows.

Most of the remaining members are chosen by popular voting, in which pro-democracy candidates tend to fare better.

Cartoon drawings of politicians are standard fare in many Asian democracies.

THESE days, Edinburgh has become a favourite destination for the academic traveller, particularly for political scientists anxious to discover how one of the world's oldest democracies' newest experiments, the Scottish Parliament, is faring.