by Christopher Taylor | Apr 4, 2018 | Yale University
On July 30, 2014, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban boldly declared that “the new state we are constructing in Hungary is an illiberal state.” Coming only three months after Orban’s Fidesz party won a supermajority of seats in Parliament with only 45% of the...
by Christopher Taylor | Apr 4, 2018 | Yale University
On February 21, 2018, three hundred people crowded into a high school auditorium in West Haven, Connecticut to hear a debate between the eight Republican candidates for Governor. With incumbent Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy term-limited and facing an unprecedented...
by Maria Wakeman | Apr 4, 2018 | Yale University
Freedom House has given exceptional democracy ratings to the Swiss Confederation, awarding it near-perfect scores in overall freedom, political rights (39/40), and civil liberties (57/60). Though Swiss political structure is both highly decentralized and dependent on...
by Erica Garcia | Apr 2, 2018 | University of Memphis
Trump is a Threat to Democracy Could Donald Trump be the end of American Democracy? Only time will tell if the elected president’s term in office has in fact weakened the democracy of the United States. However, for analytical purposes one could analyze current and...
by Chase Dunn | Apr 2, 2018 | American University
Professor Harry Frankfurt begins his classic essay, “On Bullshit,” with an acute observation: our culture is filled with a fair amount of bullshit. We all contribute a little, and we all believe we can recognize it when we see it. Because of this confidence, we have...