by Emine Dikmen | Jan 6, 2023 | Sabanci University
Democracy has been specified as the fundamental reason for the long-unseen historical record of the reign of peace. Today, the world is experiencing a major threat to democracy after the third wave of democratization. This threat may occur in the form of a military...
by Bridget Griffith | Nov 22, 2022 | Boston University
After Communist rule, Poland transitioned towards democracy. However, since 2015, the Law and Justice Party, or PiS, has maintained control over the state and begun to erode democratic institutions and processes. The Catholic Church has contributed to this democratic...
by Owen Taylor | Nov 21, 2022 | Boston University
In 2020 Andrzej Duda won Poland’s presidential election with 51.2 percent of the vote. This very narrow margin unveiled the clear divide of polarization throughout their country. In addition, there are many instances of political sorting through gender and...
by Brendan Strok | Oct 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
Since the fall of communism in Poland in 1989, no single party has won an outright majority of seats in parliamentary elections – until the PiS (Law and Justice) Party became the first in 2015. With the presidency occupied by fellow PiS member Andrzej Duda, the...
by nzachew1@binghamton.edu | Oct 14, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
On July 12, 2020 incumbent Polish President Andrzej Duda won the second round of the presidential elections with 51.0% of the popular vote (BBC, 2020). Duda had first been elected to office in 2015 and was a rising star in the Polish political party Prawo i...
