by Sophia Grazia Mauro | Dec 17, 2020 | Sabanci University
American democracy is in a state of democratic decline. Once rated 93 by Freedom House’s Freedom in the World index in 2013, the U.S.’s score dropped to 86 by 2019 (Repucci 2020). This regression did not merely occur overnight, but rather as a gradual process of the...
by Sidnei Gibson | Dec 14, 2020 | Georgia State University
As the United States faces a national reckoning over race relations and gears up for a presidential election this month, Black Americans still encounter systemic barriers to equally exercising their right to vote. Traditionally, ethnic and racial minorities in the...
by Bonnie Campbell | Dec 14, 2020 | James Madison University
Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s current head of government, was supposed to hold presidential elections back in October of 2019. They have been continuously postponed. How are Haitians reacting to this and what effect has this had on Haitian democracy? Haiti has had a long and...
by Tarik Ali Sert | Dec 13, 2020 | Sabanci University
Erosions of democracy under authoritarian rulers happen through numerous channels, with an important channel being institutions. Institutions structuralize governance according to the vision of the authoritarian, often serving to increase the grasp of the ruler over...
by Lauren Lynch | Dec 9, 2020 | Williams College
Sweden is commonly touted as one of the strongest democracies in the world; in Freedom House’s democratic assessment, they boast a 100 out of 100 score in a holistic assessment of democracy through the lens of political rights and civil liberties. The recent rise of a...
