Latest posts
America’s Two-Party Political System is Leading to Democratic Erosion
A 21st Century Threat: How Social Media Censorship is Impacting Democracy in America
Polarization: Does It Have to End Badly?
Terrorism and Democracy in Burkina Faso
The Failures of First Past the Post and Why Ranked Choice Voting is Not Necessarily Better
How the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 Strips Filipinos of Their Freedom of Speech
The Aftermath of a Populist Leader in a Democracy
Labels like “Correista” and “Trump-supporter” increase polarization because they enhance populist rhetoric
The Impact of Technology on U.S. Democracy: Beneficial, Harmful, or Neutral?
The Power and Limitation of Civil Resistance in Uganda
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Is American democracy under threat? What about democracy in the West, or the world? If democracy is under threat, what can we do about it? And if it’s not under threat, why are so many of us so worried that it is? The Democratic Erosion consortium aims to help answer these questions through a combination of research, teaching, and civic and policy engagement.
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Read a profile of the consortium’s first year in Washington Post Magazine.
Hear Professor Rob Blair talk about the motivation for the consortium and the state of American democracy with NPR’s Rhode Island affiliate.
Learn why looking abroad inspires optimism in democracy at home in Inside Higher Ed.
Listen to students reflect on their experience participating in the consortium in the Trending Globally podcast, recorded as part of our first annual Democratic Erosion conference.
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