The Unwritten Rules in Rhode Island’s Speaker Dilemma by Lars Barstad
The state of Rhode Island has a severely imbalanced distribution of power within its House of Representatives. Specifically, the Speaker of the...
Universities
City of Providence Aims to Prohibit All Property Demolitions and Increase Nurse Practitioner & Teacher Diversity by Alex Riddle
The City of Providence strong-arms business opportunities with new limitations to property demolitions and developments. Are our representatives...
Is democracy declining in Israel? by Tal Been, Gal Factor, Or Hcabra, Shaked Infeld, Tally Kyegan, Noam Noy, Daniel Padon,and Sharon Somech
The Department of Government and Politics at Ben-Gurion University recently hosted (17/2/18) a panel entitled: “Is democracy declining in...
Is Democratic Backsliding Sometimes a Democratic Choice? by Ji’Carla Martínez @University of Louisiana at Lafayette
As defined by political scientists, democratic backsliding is the gradual breakdown of democratic institutions within a country. With the rise of...
United States of Democracy
Before World War II, America tried to keep to itself. The young country was trying to keep its head above water after decades of economic...
Much A Coup About Nothing: Examining the Distinction Without Difference Between Coups d’Etat and Promissory Coups by Steve Noyes @ University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Exploring the concept of the promissory coup as it relates to the traditional coup d'etat. The general global decline in...
Backrubbers of the Elite: on the U.S Surveillance State & Doubting the “Arc of History”
There is almost no other political expression as irritatingly frustrating to me as the “arc of history” is. The phrase, as popularized by...
A Not So Secret Ballot? By: Jackson A. Jimenez @University of Louisiana
Are digital voter files undermining free and fair elections in the United States? Could the United States’ democratic electoral...
Silent vs. Screaming: How Millennials are Giving Up Privacy while the Silent Generation Hangs On by Molly Simpson @ University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Pippa Norris’s article Is Western Democracy Backsliding? Diagnosing the Risks analyzes period, life-cycle, and generation effects in...