by John W | Apr 6, 2020 | Rollins College
In recent years, a fear has taken hold that democratic erosion is occurring all across the globe, from the United States to the Philippines. Many theories have been introduced in an attempt to explain why this is occurring and how it can be stopped. While the subject...
by Steven Rubin | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
An attack on the freedom of the press and can easily be seen as an attack on democracy. Of the many key features of truly democratic countries, freedom of the press is often viewed as essential. In the United States, freedom of the press is protected by the First...
by Emily Young | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
On the 23rd of June, 2016 the United Kingdom voted in a national referendum with a vote of 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the European Union. [1] This was an unprecedented vote that shocked many around the world. In the aftermath of this vote, referred to as...
by Kyle Friant | Apr 4, 2019 | Utah State University
Antipathy to liberal democracy has become a staple of the modern incarnation of the Republican Party, a move that is detrimental to the entire international community. In a myriad of examples over the past couple of years, there appears to be a party-wide embrace of...
by Christian Santiago | Mar 31, 2019 | Rollins College
A response to “How a Strange Massachusetts Election Helps Explain Britain’s Brexit Chaos” by Max Fisher (NYT) The recent events surrounding Britain’s controversial Brexit referendums has highlighted a major source of democratic erosion in today’s struggling...
