Political Structures: Democracy

It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. . . . And we are trying to do what's right...

A history of the worlds first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy,...

How differing forms of repression shape the outcomes of democratic transitionsIn the wake of the Arab Spring, newly empowered factions in Tunisia a...

The George W. Bush administrations ambitiouseven breathtakingclaims of unilateral executive authority raised deep concerns among constitutional sch...

In 1977, Johnson's best-selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects ...

Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Armenia has experienced a reversal from democratization to a Soviet-style authoritarian regim...

There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack rele...

In 2015, Nigeria's voters cast out the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Here, A. Carl LeVan traces the political vulnerability of Africa's l...

In 2015, Nigeria's voters cast out the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Here, A. Carl LeVan traces the political vulnerability of Africa's l...

A thought-provoking history of communications that challenges ideas about freedom of speech and democracy. At the heart of democracy lies a contr...

Since 2011, a wave of popular mobilizations has swept the globe, from Occupy to the Arab Spring, 15M in Spain and the uprisings in Greece. Their de...

The Institutions of American Democracy series, published in partnership with the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and the Annenberg Public ...

The 1973 coups détat in Uruguay and Chile were significantly different from other military coups in Latin America. These two dictatorial regimes be...