Turkey continues to slide towards chaos as President Tayyip Erdogan escalates attacks against Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country and jails citizens who openly object to the violence. In a …
It’s the party system, stupid! By Victor Brechenmacher @ Brown University
Democracies in Western Europe are undergoing dramatic changes, but it's not just because of right-wing populism. It's because Europe's party landscape is in turmoil. The 2016 British vote to leave …
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How Can Donor Organizations Improve Women’s Political Participation? by Talia Brenner @Brown University
It’s common to see education initiatives, particularly those from multilateral aid organizations and NGOs, depicted as a panacea for democratic backsliding. Among these international organizations, …
Why bureaucratic resistance is not a fundamental threat to democracy by Isabela Karibjanian @ Brown University
Rachel Bennetts recently argued in “The Danger of Bureaucratic Resistance” that bureaucrats with too much agency directly threaten the sanctity of the American democracy. Through the example Bennetts …
Trump and the “Foreigner Crisis”: When Believing is not Seeing by Micah Rosen @ Brown University
Crisis is an anti-democratic leader’s best friend. Populists in particular will often use the pretext of crisis—an ongoing and imminent threat to culture, security, or stability—in order to win …
Partisanship Trumps Morality: Roy Moore and the GOP Tax Bill by Zach Witkin @ Brown University
In the early hours of December 2nd, Senate Republicans passed a haphazardly written tax bill which, in its current form, perpetuates the rise of socioeconomic inequality and disproportionately affects …