Does a Summer of Political Violence Spell Authoritarianism for the US?
In How Democracies Die, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt outline parameters which serve as warning signs regarding the erosion of democracy,...
Universities
Does This Florida Legal Battle Spell the End of American Democracy?
On September 11th 2020, a federal court of appeals decided that Florida’s former convicts must pay all court fines before they can vote. This...
The Thai Government and Their Textbook Erosion
The Thai Government has demonstrated various textbook examples of authoritarianism and democratic erosion in the past year or so, and protests...
In This Election, It’s Not Democrat or Republican on the Ballot– It’s Democracy
After a summer marked by a global health crisis, social upheaval, and a devastating economic downturn, the stakes of an American presidential...
Thailand’s Hypocrisy: A Case Study of Stealth Authoritarianism
Though the Thai government does not necessarily hide its autocratic tendencies, it is far from willing to let go of the democratic label. On...
Unions and Political Representation: How the Decline of Collective Bargaining Threatens Democracy
In the United States, union membership has set a national standard – a north star – for employee protections, labor rights, and political...
The Danger of Trump’s Rhetoric in American Democracy
In 2016, a man with no political experience and little political support was elected president of the United States. Previously, no president had...
Constitutional Hardball and the United States Supreme Court
In their seminal work How Democracies Die, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt identify two principal constitutional guardrails that, they argue,...
The End of Nicaraguan Democracy
In 1984, Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) won the presidency after having overthrown the almost ten-year...