Crisis is an anti-democratic leader’s best friend. Populists in particular will often use the pretext of crisis—an ongoing and imminent threat to culture, security, or stability—in order to win …
Is Satire Democracy’s Friend? by Victor Brechenmacher @ Brown University
Note: Contains explicit language. In a recent contribution to this blog, Isabela Karibjanian takes readers to Serbia, where a comedian's satirical bid for the presidency has attracted unexpected …
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How to Govern an Ideologically Fractured Party by Alexander Henshaw-Greene @ Boston University
In Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Acemoglu and Robinson defines society as two groups; a rich elite dedicated to protecting property rights and favorable to non-democratic policy …
What Gives: Why Hasn’t Populism Reached Japan? by Jonathan Silin @ Brown University
Populism is thriving across the developed world. Yet populists do not always succeed in places that seem ripe for populism. Despite sharing many of the same problems with the United States and the …
American Exceptionalism and Partisanship: An Evening With Dinesh D’Souza by Grant Beatty @ University of Memphis
The room was abuzz and nearly filled to capacity when I arrived to see Dinesh D’Souza speak. The notorious conservative author and filmmaker is an Ivy League-educated Indian American who has been a …
Donald Trump and Populist Rhetoric in 140 Characters or Less by Anna Spier @Boston University
President Donald Trump is no stranger to twitter. His tweets are frequent and he makes no obvious effort to hide his true opinions on a vast array of subjects, from foreign affairs, to the media, to …
Mass Surveillance + Populism = A Threat to Public Safety and Democracy by Lukas McMahon @Boston University
A free, liberal democracy should not spy on its citizens. But the United States does, and it may continue to indefinitely, which puts its citizens at risk of persecution — especially with the rise of …
Hurricane Maria Through the Populist Lens of Donald Trump by Chance Rogala @ Boston University
In the aftermath of the devastation brought on by Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump has made it clear that immediate, widespread aid efforts by the federal government were not his top priority. …