by Clara Fong | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
Amidst the Arab Spring Movement in 2011, Egypt was one of several in the region to successfully overthrow their government, igniting inspiration of a democratic future. Today, however, the continuous political unrest and lack of economic prosperity have led the public...
by Kenjiro Lee | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
In Chapter 2 of “What Is Populism?”, Jan-Werner Müller takes to task the concept of how a populist in power operates, mainly deconstructing the concept that a populist can no longer use tactics of finding an enemy in political elites––the enemy just...
by Ian Henson | Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago
A successful representative democracy is dependent on the expression of the citizens’ interests and views in society through “popular sovereignty”. This idea is the foundation of any working democracy where representatives are tasked with both representing and acting...
by Alexa Keith | Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago
On February 3, 2020, the Iowa caucuses will be held, the first step in finding the Democrat who will challenge Donald Trump for the presidency. As of April, 2019, 21 Democrats have declared their intention to vie for the spot. While their strategies, positions on the...
by Thomas Martino | Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago
Brexit On June 23rd, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Nigel Farage was the leader of the Brexit movement, and he addressed the European Parliament less than a week after the historic vote. He proclaimed, “You know, I came here 17 years ago...
