by Anna Thorner | Jun 24, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Political power, a vital yet oftentimes insidious force, corrupts even the most representative of political parties. However, democratic institutions are our greatest arsenal against this corruption, serving as weapons, safeguarding the trust of the people and...
by Sean McGinley | May 8, 2024 | Ursinus College
El Salvador’s status as a democracy is becoming an increasingly debated subject. Still, the nation did produce legitimate democratic results on February 4th 2024, when thousands of citizens reaffirmed their support for President Nayib Bukele, who captured 83% of the...
by Jocelyn Hayes | Apr 25, 2024 | William Jewell College
For any country, democratic backsliding can happen suddenly and, seemingly, unpredictably. The case for Poland, however, demonstrates predictors of erosion unseen anywhere else. These unique signs of democratic erosion include near-total media manipulation, the...
by Tom Huynh | Nov 20, 2023 | University of Memphis
The Democratic Erosion Project exist to help shed light on how democracy falls apart and ways to preserve it as the rise of authoritarian states spread across the democratic world. However in the context of the United States, stealth authoritarianism is an American...
by Emily Henault | Nov 26, 2022 | Boston University
On November 3rd, 2022 the Tigray war in Ethiopia came to a cease fire. Both sides, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian federal government, agreed to permanently stop the violence and make a commitment to peace after exactly two years of...
