by Hugh Bradley | Apr 28, 2022 | University of Georgia
Brazil is one of the world’s largest democracies. In 2018, Brazil elected Jair Bolsonaro, President. Since then, he has been undermining their democracy. By using populist rhetoric to get elected and advance his political agenda, Bolsonaro threatens Brazil’s democracy...
by Caroline Draughton | Apr 27, 2022 | University of Georgia
2022 French Presidential Election Poster The results of the 2022 French presidential election have left many wondering where the future of French political life will lead. While incumbent Emmanual Macron was reelected, far-right populist candidate Marine Le Pen...
by Brendan Green | Apr 23, 2022 | Boston University
Faced with the threat of a no-confidence vote in parliament that he was likely to lose, Prime Minister Imran Khan, in an attempt to block his ouster, sent shockwaves through Pakistan by dissolving the National Assembly on April 3rd, 2022. In a televised speech, Khan...
by Arpan Anand | Apr 22, 2022 | Boston University
Many would characterize India as the world’s largest democracy. Even the current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has called India “The mother of all democracies.” However, it seems as though that the world’s largest democracy has become one of the largest examples of...
by Ella Shakin | Apr 22, 2022 | Boston University
Marine Le Pen’s populist-nationalist tactics, anti-immigration, and xenophobic sentiment could damage French democracy if she were to be elected in the April 24th runoff elections. As political scientist Joseph Schumpeter writes, the classical doctrine of...
