by Will Ver Meulen | Dec 1, 2020 | University of Georgia
Some threats to democratic health might not be as blatant as one might think. Rather they could accompany regular developments such as a country’s immigration status. In recent years the Netherlands has paid witness to a massive influx of immigration. Specifically,...
by Taya Fontenette | Nov 25, 2020 | Northeastern University
On June 16, 2015, the landscape of American politics and democratic norms would drastically change when former reality TV star, and soon to be 45th President, Donald Trump formally announced his run for the presidency. In the speech, he called for the renegotiation of...
by Lukas Phipps | Nov 23, 2020 | Suffolk University
2016 was the year of the populist; The Guardian noted that the words “populist” or “populism” were in almost 2,000 articles written by them in 2016, compared to only 1,000 the year before. In 2016: more than a quarter of Europeans voted...
by Matthew Mitchell | Nov 20, 2020 | Suffolk University
Throughout the past four years, the Trump Administration has been among the most confusing cases of revolving doors and executive disorder in the history of the United States. Before this, the democratic structure of the country has not been tested to such an extent,...
by Shaili Smith | Nov 19, 2020 | University of Chicago
In 2014, Narendra Modi ran as the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and won the position of Prime Minister. The major theme of the BJP is Hindutva, which is an ideology that seeks to redefine Indian culture in terms of Hindu values, which might not be so...
