Sam Sharman - Democratic Erosion

Losing the Plot: Democracy is the Solution, not the Problem by Sam Sharman @ Georgia State University

As academics, pundits, and causal observers respond to widespread democratic erosion across the western world, many have argued that to counter democratic erosion, we need less democracy. However,...

The Art of the Compromise (?): A Playbook by Sam Sharman @ Georgia State University

Georgia State University

To personally experience the issues of polarization discussed throughout this course, my class split into groups of five with the goal of agreeing on a general solution to reduce gun violence in the...

Senator Strangelove, or: How Democrats Learned to Love the Bomb by Sam Sharman @ Georgia State University

Georgia State University

Over the past year, media criticism regarding violations of political norms has centered on President Trump and Congressional Republicans. To be sure, Trump’s norm-breaking is without precedent, and...