Democracy

May 2025

• May 4, 2025CultureWhat Is the European Union?The European Union is the most ambitious experiment in voluntary political and economic integration in history.20 MIN1.5k

March 2025

• Mar 24, 2025ExplainersWhat Is Gerrymandering: How Redistricting Shapes PowerGerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor one party or group.16 MIN7.4k
• Mar 9, 2025CultureWhat Is Democratic Backsliding? How Elected Leaders Erode DemocracyDemocratic backsliding explained: how elected leaders erode democracy from within, with case studies from Hungary, Turkey, India, Brazil, and the...19 MIN4.2k
• Mar 1, 2025CultureUnderstanding AuthoritarianismAuthoritarianism concentrates power, limits political freedom, and suppresses accountability.16 MIN8.6k

June 2024

• Jun 18, 2024ExplainersHow Democracy Functions: Understanding Elections and GovernanceHow does democracy actually work? Understand electoral systems, checks and balances, political parties, voting mechanisms, and why democracies...15 MIN5.2k

May 2024

• May 31, 2024CulturePolitical Polarization: Understanding Its Rise and ImpactWhy does political polarization keep growing? The science of affective polarization, filter bubbles, social identity, and what evidence shows can...14 MIN4.7k
• May 19, 2024CultureUnderstanding Democratic Backsliding and Its CausesWhy democracies fail through gradual erosion, not coups. Explore Levitsky and Ziblatt's research on democratic backsliding, polarization, and...17 MIN6.4k

April 2024

• Apr 25, 2024CultureUnderstanding Populism: Ideology, Variants, and ImpactWhat is populism? A deep dive into its definition as a thin-centered ideology, left vs right variants, global rise, and its complex relationship...15 MIN1.5k
• Apr 22, 2024CultureLiberalism: Understanding Its Philosophical RootsA clear account of liberalism as a political philosophy, from Locke and Mill to Rawls and Hayek, covering its founding ideas, internal tensions,...16 MIN5.2k
• Apr 16, 2024CultureDemocracy Explained: Origins, Forms, and Modern ChallengesDemocracy is a system of government in which political authority derives from the people. Explore its Greek origins, modern forms, electoral...15 MIN961
• Apr 14, 2024CultureKey Concepts in Comparative PoliticsComparative politics is the systematic study of political systems across countries. From Mill's methods and Dahl's polyarchy to Duverger's Law,...16 MIN4.6k

March 2024

• Mar 7, 2024CultureIs Democracy in Decline? What the Data and Research ShowFreedom House reports 17+ consecutive years of democratic decline. What does the data actually show, and how do democracies erode?18 MIN4.5k

December 2023

• Dec 5, 2023ConceptsExploring Civil Society: A Historical PerspectiveA comprehensive guide to civil society: its philosophical origins from Aristotle to Gramsci, Tocqueville's voluntary associations, Putnam's social...17 MIN8.6k

July 2023

• Jul 13, 2023CultureUnderstanding the Decline in Institutional TrustAn in-depth look at why trust in governments, media, science, and corporations is declining worldwide: what the Edelman data shows, and what...21 MIN4.1k

December 2022

• Dec 18, 2022ConceptsWhat Is Political Philosophy? Justice and Power AnalyzedPolitical philosophy asks what justifies state power, what justice requires, and how free societies should be organized.18 MIN6.6k

May 2022

• May 24, 2022ConceptsExploring the Rule of Law: Concepts and Historical RootsAn in-depth exploration of the rule of law: Dicey's classic formulation, thin versus thick conceptions, Magna Carta, habeas corpus, judicial...16 MIN3.4k