About the consortium
Trump’s presidency has prompted a new, nationwide college course on why democracies collapse.
Journalist Sasha Ingber interviews students and faculty about the first year of the Democratic Erosion Consortium.
The Washington Post Magazine, March 20, 2018
Is Our Democracy Eroding? Course at Brown Goes Nationwide.
Professor Rob Blair talks to Chuck Hinman of Rhode Island’s NPR affiliate about the consortium and the state of American democracy today.
RIPR, April 30, 2018
What Are the Jan. 6 Hearings Teaching Us? Political Science Professor Explains. Professor Elizabeth Sperber explains the purpose, relevance and scope of the January 6 hearings.
Why Protest?
Professors S. Erdem Aytac and Sue Stokes discuss lessons learned from the “year of protest” that was 2019, citing the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset (DEED).
The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2020.
Is democracy in decay?
Professor Rob Blair and students Minch Cerrero and Aidan Calvelli reflect on the consortium and the first annual Democratic Erosion conference held at Brown University’s Watson Institute.
Trending Globally, September 13, 2018
Democratic Erosion Data Project
The University of Chicago Division of Social Sciences describes the experience of participating in the Democratic Erosion consortium.
Dialogo: UChicago Social Sciences. Summer 2019
By students
The Democratic Erosion Consortium periodically teams up with the Social Science Research Council to host a blog post contest for our students. Winning posts are published as part of the Democracy Papers series alongside essays by leading scholars. You can read our introduction to the miniseries here.
The Philippine Supreme Court under Duterte: Reshaped, Unwilling to Annul, and Unable to Restrain
Ibarra, Edcel John A.
SSRC Items, November 10, 2020
Grappling with the Legacy of Evo Morales and the Future of Bolivian Democracy
Kopek, Justin
SSRC Items, October 13, 2020
Bolstering Democratic Norms with Ballot Restrictions
Saint-Loubert-Bie, Justin.
SSRC Items, October 1, 2019
How Georgia’s Exact-Match Policy Compromises Free and Fair Elections
Larsen, Emelie Nyholm Frydenlund.
SSRC Items, September 17, 2019
Abusing Referenda to Consolidate and Extend Power: The Cases of Rwanda and Burundi
Funk, Rachel.
SSRC Items, September 10, 2019
How to Defeat Populism: Three Lessons from Slovakia
Xiao, Jenny.
SSRC Items, September 3, 2019
Democratic Accountability in the Context of Appointed Commissions.
Potts, Victoria
SSRC Items, August 21, 2018
Entertainer Politicians: Popular Icons and “Incumbency Advantage.”
Risoleo, Rachel
SSRC Items, August 21, 2018
Felon Disenfranchisement and Expert Assessments of Electoral Integrity.
Trujillo, Danielle.
SSRC Items, August 7, 2018
Voter Roll Purging in Ohio Is a Danger to Free and Fair Elections.
Stradling, Sarah
SSRC Items, August 7, 2018
By faculty
Looking Abroad Increases Optimism About Our Democracy in the US.
Hannah Baron, Professor Rob Blair and Professor Shelby Grossman discuss pedagogical lessons learned from the first year of the consortium.
Inside Higher Ed, March 6, 2019
Democratic Erosion in Comparative Perspective: Lessons from a Multi-University Consortium
Democracy in the US.
Hannah Baron, Professor Robert Blair, Professor Jessica Gottlieb, and Professor Shelby Grossman explain how the Democratic Erosion Consortium has increased student optimism about the state of democracy in the US.
Newsletter of the Organized Section in Comparative Politics of the American Political Science Association, 2019
Teaching Trump: Why Comparative Politics Makes Students More Optimistic about US Democracy.
Hannah Baron, Professor Rob Blair and Professor Shelby Grossman present their research evaluating the impact of the Democratic Erosion course on students’ beliefs about US democracy.
PS: Political Science & Politics, 2019
Get Ready to Protest like Democracy Depends on It
Professors Rob Blair and Steve Rosenzweig argue that Americans should do more than make a plan to vote in the 2020 presidential election. They should also make a plan to protest if the president and his enablers refuse to respect the results.
Boston Globe, October 21, 2020
Events
Virtual Roundtable on Race, Ethnicity, and Democratic Erosion in Comparative Perspective.
March 2021, 87 minutes.
Virtual Roundtable on the 2020 US Election.
November 2020, 95 minutes.
Virtual Roundtable on Voting and Electoral Manipulation.
September 2020, 90 minutes.
A Nation Divided, The Research Podcast.
July 2020, 28 minutes.
Jennifer McCoy: Populist Message of ‘We’ Versus ‘They’ Dehumanizes the Other Side.
June 2019, 8 minutes.