The problem of assessing democratic decline
ITHACA—Democracy is inherently fraught. At its core lies the difficulty of translating individual preferences into a coherent social choice, a problem famously captured by Nobel la...
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ITHACA—Democracy is inherently fraught. At its core lies the difficulty of translating individual preferences into a coherent social choice, a problem famously captured by Nobel la...
Political discussions are often framed as a clear opposition: democracy versus authoritarianism. But when we look at this through a…Continue reading on Activated Thinker »
The article addresses the interlinked problems of widespread voter ignorance, tyranny of the majority, and illiberal anti-democratic movements coming to power through elections.
Of all kinds of governments, the most difficult kind of government is constitutional democracy. This is because it requires full participation of the citizens. When practiced accor...
Challenges of Indian Democracy“Democracy is not just about voting; it is about participation, accountability, and responsibility.â€India is known as the world’s lar...
BRIGHTON, UK, April 6 (IPS) - Urgent steps need to be taken to rebuild the relationship between citizens and state to stem the decline of democracy globally. Experts point to ineq...
Looking ahead, hopefully with some purpose.
Let’s stop pretending: what Nigeria practices today hardly reflects the true essence of democracy. Instead, it increasingly appears to be a system carefully structured to keep a pr...
History shows that some Americans are asking the wrong question
Democracy is more than just a system of government; it is a promise. In Nigeria, that promise carries deep meaning—born out of a long history of colonial rule, military interventio...
A viral meme claims the Founders built a republic specifically to oppose democracy, and that the word never appears in any founding document. Both claims need serious correction —...
In the immortal words of Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, president pro tempore of the state senate: “Ten Fuckin’ One.”
EIU’s annual index suggests an end to the democracy recession
A recent Supreme Court decision threatens a core democratic principle.
Who controls the future? The answer to this question concerns the role and politics of financial investment under capitalism. Through its mode of investment, capitalism distinctive...
American democracy has a personality problem.
A global survey of democratic trends reveals that the region is the only one that showed progress last year. Might its high use of social media help explain stronger civic engagem...
In this piece, I will be taking seriously the wisdom of Pericles and Aristotle; one was one of the founding statesmen of Athenian democracy, and the other one of Greece’s greatest...
The storming of the US Capitol in January 2021. The ransacking of Brazil’s Congress two years later. Easy to read these as symptoms of something deep and spreading: electorates so...
Most citizens are not ideological absolutists, interested in permanent warfare. They hold conflicting views simultaneously.
When public trust declines, the people next door matter more than we might think.
If there is a mantra among progressive American political and media elites, it would be “our democracy,” usually preceded by what they believe to be a threat from the Right. For ex...
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