Democracy has emerged through multiple pathways and has sustained under diverse historical conditions—and that its durability has depended not just on shared norms or formal institutions, but on the fiscal systems that underwrite them ....
Across Kansas, lawmakers have advanced a series of policies that directly threaten students’ First Amendment rights — policies that should alarm anyone who cares about democracy, civic participation, and the development of informed citizens ... .
Demonstrators accused Prime Minister Andrej Babis of democratic backsliding, citing shifts in the country's foreign and domestic policies toward what the call more pro-Russia positions ... .
Union rule is alive and well in Cyprus. The overwhelming majority of our politicians, be they lawmakers or government ministers, will always go out of their way to keep the union bosses happy ... This is a disgrace and makes a mockery of our democracy.
If our democracy depends on ... Students learn democracy by doing democracy ... Democracy thrives only when its citizens can speak, assemble, and hold those in power accountable ... Democracy demands better.
Their courage helped dismantle unjust laws and gave momentum to the broader fight for democracy ...Democracy becomes fragile when rights exist on paper but not in practice ... Economic Divides as a Threat to Democracy.
He theorised that democracy emerged and could only continue to exist in a healthy form if there was a space that was outside the control of the state, where deliberation and the exchange of ideas could freely occur.
In democracy, disagreement is inevitable and often productive, and debate helps societies refine ideas, challenge assumptions and improve policies. But not when it becomes synonymous with contempt ... .
Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat. (Image credit. Alex Brandon) ....