by Sam Sharman | May 4, 2018 | Georgia State University
As academics, pundits, and causal observers respond to widespread democratic erosion across the western world, many have argued that to counter democratic erosion, we need less democracy. However, this frames the solution as the problem. The real problem is that...
by Shannon Flores | Apr 11, 2018 | Yale University
Since the fall of the Polish United Worker’s Party in 1989, Poland has been a model democratic nation. It’s vibrant press, political parties, and free-market economy, combined with its clout as an EU and NATO member, have made the formerly communist nation a...
by PRAGATHI GURUPRASAD | Mar 30, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
For many years, Poland was regarded as the leading pro-democracy nation within Eastern Europe. Its seamless transition from communism was an example for other countries to follow. It soon became the success story for democratic transformation as it was the first...
by Luke Shapiro | Mar 30, 2018 | Columbia University
The ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) passed a series of controversial measures to overhaul the country’s judiciary late last year. In response, the European Commission (EC) took the unprecedented step of invoking Article 7 of the European Union treaty for the rule...
by Matthew Graff | Mar 18, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
Poland is perhaps the most well-known nation-state undergoing serious democratic erosion, in part because it is Eastern Europe’s strongest economy and seen as a model for other post-Soviet states of the region. The crisis over the Constitutional Tribunal, Poland’s...
