Thomas McLees

Democracy in Africa: Is the Use of ‘Erosion’ Appropriate?

posted on June 2, 2019 by Thomas McLees

University of Chicago Tagged With: Africa, Erosion, Niger, terminology, West Africa

In this class we learn terminology and methodology that helps us understand mechanisms that cause the erosion of democracy in different specific scenarios. Through this we can have a bigger …

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2019 EU Elections: Is this the Beginning of the End for Democracy? by Thomas McLees

posted on June 1, 2019 by Thomas McLees

University of Chicago Tagged With: elections, EU, Europe, European Union

On May 26th polls for the European Union’s ninth parliamentary elections closed all over Europe. As votes were counted and results were posted, it became more and more apparent that there was a major …

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