by Sterling Snape | Nov 30, 2021 | University of Georgia
It is no question that Western democracies have seen a rise in support for populist parties in the early 21st century. What has been up for debate is why. Since the beginning of the globalization movement in the 1990s, political scientists have argued about what...
by Maegan Taback | Nov 30, 2021 | University of Georgia
The Middle East’s only democracy is beginning to erode. Israel, although a flawed democracy, has maintained the sole title of democracy in the Middle East, which is overrun by authoritarian regimes and instability. However, throughout the past few years...
by Gonzalo Meza | Nov 29, 2021 | Georgia State University
Mexico’s Democracy, on the Path to Autocratization? Gonzalo Meza In 2018, the left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), from the newly founded National Regeneration Movement, Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional, MORENA, won the Mexican presidency with...
by Ryan Ledbetter | Nov 23, 2021 | Georgia State University
Democracy can be hard sometimes. The Us Vs. Them divide deepens in democracies around the world with every populist that finds a way to magnify their voice. How did we get here? Your bran likely just flipped to scenes to the 2016 United States Presidential Election,...
by Nicole Goshorn | Oct 14, 2021 | University of Georgia
When the Austrian Freedom Party was given a seat at the table of Austrian government and politics in 2000, the international community’s jaw-dropped. The voice against democracy was given a seat at the table and the threat became real—Western European democracies had...
