William Jewell College

Make Sweden Great Again: How Can We Understand Populism in Sweden?

Sweden presents an especially interesting case in the study of democratic erosion. How does a country that scored 100/100 on Freedom House in...

Venezuela: Two leaders, one resource, no democracy

The story of Venezuela’s descent into autocracy is not one tale; it is two stories linked together by little more than a transfer of power and an...

Democratic Erosion in Turkey Can Help Us Understand the Importance of Protecting Institutions in the Face of Extreme Polarization

For the first time since Democracy’s Third Wave in the late 20th century, the number of countries transitioning into democracies has been...