Democratic Erosion University Course Student Blog

A response to “Policing Propaganda.“ The role of social media in politics came to the forefront during the 2016 United States presidential election. Instead of waiting for the headlines and watching...

In the Economist article, “Policing Propaganda,” one of the major threats to democracy stems from one of its key supporting agents, the news, or rather through its manipulation, which can alter the...

  About a hundred years ago the invention of the telegraph not only facilitated long-distance communication but also did “a lot to clean up politics” as mentioned in the New York Times. It...

In the article “Policing Propaganda” from The Economist, the main topic is online campaigning in the United States and Britain within recent years. Online campaigning is compared to the initial use...

In the narrative of the Do’s and Don’ts of governing, Democracy stands as the shining hero and protagonist, as it was designed to give power to citizens, overrule tyrants, and promote equal...

Home to over 1.3 billion people, India’s ability to maintain democratic governance despite long-lasting issues of economic, social and ethnic inequality, is impressive. However, since Narendra...

Democratic decay, though often thought of to occur rapidly and aggressively, in actuality occurs over the course of decades and tends to go unnoticed by a large majority. This slow, subtle process...