Democratic Erosion University Course Student Blog

Students enrolled in our course are encouraged to write for the course blog, and to read and comment on posts from students at other participating universities. The blog offers students the opportunity to analyze current events through the lens of the theory and case studies they engage with through the course.

Donald Trump the Nazi Reincarnate?: Godwin’s Law and How This Phenomenon is Counterproductive to Understanding Democratic Erosion

What do we hope to accomplish when comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, a tyrannical perpetrator of genocide?

The Russia-Ukraine War Bodes Poorly for Democracy, But Not in the Way You Think

The Russia-Ukraine War is a serious threat to global democracy through the growing wave of isolationism in the United States, an entity that has typically been at the forefront of fighting authoritarianism across the world.

The Trump Administration’s Attack on USAID

The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle USAID, increase concerns about democratic backsliding as it could result in a trend with the executive undermining institutional legitimacy.

Democratic Backsliding in Hungary

Oct 17, 2022 | Boston University

Since the founding of the European Union in 1993, the institution’s focus has centered around the principles of a full, representative democracy. Member states of the EU are...

The Erosion of the Democratic Facade

Oct 17, 2022 | Boston University

The ratification of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945 ushered in a new era of international relations, worldwide cooperation, and the international prioritization of...

Jaroslaw and the Law and Justice Party in Poland

Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago

The Law and Justice Party and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, because of their rise to power in 2015, appear to have similar roots as other populist movements across Europe in the 2008 recession. However, this...

The Future of the European Union 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 Wavering Voice and Belief of the “Future” by Kayode Babatunde

Apr 28, 2019 | Georgia State University

How can the most compassionate and diverse largest bloc of voters in the United States be the least participant in a country that seems to be digressing from its roots? Based on common knowledge of...

The Nuclear Option: Explosive Partisan Relations by Emily Maercklein

Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago

A Brief Look into Previous Senate Bipartisanship Early leaders of the United States attempted to imbue the Senate with values of bipartisanship and restraint in order to protect it from the...

Trump and Bolsonaro: How Populist leaders in the United States and Brazil Rose to Power Despite Unpresidential Practices. By Joseph Libertin

Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago

Rise of Populism in the United States and Brazil Populist leaders tend to claim that they represent the common people, and, as Mueller explains, populists tend to pin themselves against a common...

Democratic Erosion University Course Student Blog

Donald Trump the Nazi Reincarnate?: Godwin’s Law and How This Phenomenon is Counterproductive to Understanding Democratic Erosion

The Russia-Ukraine War Bodes Poorly for Democracy, But Not in the Way You Think

The Trump Administration’s Attack on USAID

Democratic Backsliding in Hungary

The Erosion of the Democratic Facade

Jaroslaw and the Law and Justice Party in Poland

The Future of the European Union by Thomas Martino

The Wavering Voice and Belief of the “Future” by Kayode Babatunde

The Nuclear Option: Explosive Partisan Relations by Emily Maercklein

Trump and Bolsonaro: How Populist leaders in the United States and Brazil Rose to Power Despite Unpresidential Practices. By Joseph Libertin

Bribery, Backsliding, and the Rule of Law in Trudeau’s Canada by Warren Casey Epstein

Populism in the United States by Max Krause

MILLENNIALS AND CIVIC ACTIVISM BY MALCOLM MCDOWELL

How Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Friend of Populists? by Josie Lui

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