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.

These blogs reflect the views of the student authors, and not those of the Democratic Erosion Consortium.

Control Over Media Narratives and Global Support for Ukraine

Control Over Media Narratives and Global Support for Ukraine The Russian Ukrainian Conflict is a prime example of the modern decline in democracy globally, though not in the ways one might expect. Through this conflict, we see the power struggle of the media and the...
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When Discretion Replaces Equality: How Immigration Enforcement Threatens Democracy

This blog looks at the Noem v. Perdomo stay and examines the risks it causes to democracy

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Israel’s Democracy Is Eroding by Design, Not by Chance

Democratic erosion in Israel did not take place overnight. Israel’s leaders built upon democratic erosion through a deliberate strategy. If the Israeli government conducted government reforms that preserved independent oversight and maintained checks on executive...
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