by Antonio Salazar Jr. | Oct 16, 2023 | School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University
Photo: Physical exercises for violators of the enhanced community quarantine policy in province of Cebu in the Philippines by Gerard Francisco, Cebu Daily News Digital. The COVID-19 pandemic response has shown how a crisis can expose the underlying problems and issues...
by Antonio Salazar Jr. | Oct 16, 2023 | School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University
The recent national-level strike launched by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at several major auto manufacturers in the United States against General Motors (GM), Ford Motor, and Stellantis (Chrysler owner) stands as a pivotal event in American labor history. At...
by KYAW LWIN | Oct 5, 2023 | School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University
In recent years, populism has surged onto the global political stage, becoming a formidable political force (Guttieri, 2019). It draws its strength from its appeal to the perceived grievances of ordinary citizens against a privileged elite, transcending borders to...
by Zoja Michelle Repovš | Sep 22, 2023 | Sciences Po Paris
In the 2022 parliamentary elections, Janez Janša, a right-wing populist leader of the SDS party was defeated by Robert Golob and his Freedom Movement, a new party on the scene. According to both Freedom House and V-Dem reports on the state of democracy in the world,...
by Claire Yockey | Dec 27, 2022 | University of Denver
What is democratic erosion? Democratic erosion is the phenomena in which government institutions fail to uphold democratic constitutions. There are many ways in which democracies can backslide into undemocratic governments, however, all forms of democratic backsliding...
