by Daniel Rubinstein | Nov 4, 2019 | Sacramento State University
To the detriment of democracy, populism has returned in force with a new face in many countries of the world, and Ukraine is no exception. (Freedom House 2018) The election of Volodymyr Zelensky to the post of President in Spring of 2019 was spurred by his own...
by Summer Eggert | Oct 28, 2019 | University of Memphis
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) is the public transportation provided in Memphis, Tennessee. The system was founded in 1975 to help serve the Greater Mid-south. September 25, 2019, Jim Strickland hosted a campaign event for his re-election for Mayor. At this...
by Abbi Foglietta | Oct 17, 2019 | Salem State University
How anti-democratic measures are eroding democratic norms in North Carolina In the book How Democracies Die, Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky argue that backsliding governments may reject the democratic rules of the game in order to keep power, and may employ any...
by Warren Epstein | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
Is former-Vice President Biden’s campaign for president promising to reverse potential democratic backsliding in the United States? American voters tend to elect a president who cures the single biggest perceived character deficiency of the previous president....
by Rachel Dinh Lopez | May 7, 2019 | Sacramento State University
Long before the rule of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, the democracy that began with President Betancourt began to erode. During this time the country enjoyed the rewards of an economically booming and nationalizing oil market. However, with Venezuela’s...
