Author: Gabriel Marmentini, Policy Leader Fellow at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute

KEY TAKEAWAYS Brazil’s experience offers lessons for other democracies, including Europe, that are turning to education to strengthen democratic resilience. Knowing how institutions work is not enough: democracy is learned through experience as much as via content. Civic education mandates often fail between the law and the classroom. Teachers, time and democratic school life decide […]