by Leilani Chew | Feb 13, 2020 | Boston University
Many consider National Front leader Marine Le Pen’s loss of the 2017 election a victory for the preservation of French democracy, as she is widely considered an anti-democratic populist. By Levitsky and Ziblatt’s standards, populist leaders are characterized by some...
by Leslie Schmuldt | May 8, 2019 | University of Chicago
Polarization can sometimes be a symptom of democratic erosion. A political climate that is sharply divided into two sides who are unable to compromise poses a major threat to a government founded on that ability to compromise. We are increasingly seeing more and more...
by Leslie Schmuldt | Apr 22, 2019 | University of Chicago
The European Union is often regarded as one of democracy’s largest triumphs. But as countries all over Europe face an increasingly threatening movement from the extreme right, should we be worried about its survival? France is an important country to study in...
by Kennen Sparks | Apr 16, 2019 | Utah State University
The first protest against a fuel tax was on November 16th, 2018—at that time no one could have imagined that it would have ballooned into the largest series of protests in France since the infamous 1968 demonstrations. As of writing, the protest of the gilets...
by Benjamin Wuesthoff | Apr 9, 2019 | Boston University
For the past 21 weeks, France’s major cities have been gripped by an atmosphere of civil unrest as thousands of citizens take to the streets and voice their dissatisfaction with the politics and personality of their President, Emmanuel Macron. While the French are...
