Democracy has certainly been on the rise throughout the world during the past four decades. According to the Pew Research Center, 97 out of 167 countries (58%) with populations of at least 500,000 …
The Orban Road to Autocracy by Lasini Piyadigama @ University of California, Los Angeles
Democratic backsliding is the process of democratic countries moving away from the fundamental ideas of democracy, like free and fair elections, strong rule of law and freedom of speech. This reversal …
De Jure Democracy But Not De Facto: Democratic Erosion in the United States by Hannah Hoey @ Skidmore College
January 2018 marked the completion of Donald Trump’s first year in office, and apparently, a decline in quality for the United States’ democracy. Bright Line Watch, a forum for political scientists to …