Why the Yellow Vests Movement in France?
Yellow Vests Protests, one of the social movements in France, also known as the “Yellow Vests Protests”, or the “Yellow Jackets Protests” aka...
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Economic Elite Cooptation in Authoritarianization: The Case of Nazi Germany
The economic elite in a society wield a disproportionate amount of power when it comes to determining the health of the regime. One such case...
Giorgia Meloni and the Brothers of Italy
Pictured: Giorgia Meloni History is Made On September 20th, 2022, Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy (FDI) party, was appointed...
Has the Italian Parliamentary Election Signaled Democratic Backsliding?
In late September of 2022, Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party won a plurality of the votes in the parliamentary elections to secure control...
South Africa: Lack of Political Participation Enables Democratic Backsliding
South Africa is a well-known country around the world that is often studied by political scientists because of its complicated history under...
Myanmar: Exhibit A of the Danger of Military Rule
While the international community holds various broad examples of the inherent flaws in military institutions in government, Myanmar’s short...
United States Polarization Effect on Backsliding
The rise of polarization here in the United States of America is a major cause of concern for the democratic norms which exist here in the US....
Malaysia: Political Crises in the Face of COVID-19
The Malaysian electorate has come to the spotlight in recent weeks with the general election that occurred on November 19 with the results stuck...
Puerto Rican Statehood
Since the beginning of territorial rule in Puerto Rico, there have been arguments for and against statehood. Currently, Puerto Rico is under...