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...
Universities
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...
Reaching a Compromise on Gun Safety by Matthew Mottet @ Georgia State University
As of October 2018, there have been 47,225 gun-related incidents in the United States, with 11,984 of those incidents resulting in death. The...
The Ultimate Fight: U.S.A. vs Populism by Kaylan Anderson @University of Louisiana at Lafayette
In the United States some people may feel that having elected Donald Trump as president has contributed to the increase of populism. Citizens...
The Viségrad Group: The New Illiberal Democratic Bloc by Kameron Williams @ University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The fall of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union brought hope that the newly liberated Central and Eastern European countries would...
Speech into Action: Do Social Media Companies have an Obligation to Curtail Hate Groups? By Zach Hopkins @ Georgia State University
We live in a world where democracy seems to be wavering and polarization intensifying with each passing moment. What role do large social media...