Modern democracies are broken, but there is a way to fix them, according to Hélène Landemore. “I have good news and bad news,” Landemore said. “Bad news is electoral politics, it seems to me, is ...

I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it. In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a ...

When government systems collapse under complexity, democracy itself breaks down — fueling the populist frustration reshaping American politics today. When Democracy’s Operating System Crashes ...

Lost amid the cacophony over the bitter presidential campaign and the rampant concerns about the poor health of U.S. democracy is a set of initiatives on state ballots that are likely to have far more ...

Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

People in higher-income countries are generally less likely to say their nation’s political system needs major changes or complete reform. Americans are an exception.

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

In an increasingly uncertain world, democracy, the cornerstone of American society, faces mounting pressures. Its preservation and advancement are more critical than ever. Often referred to as the ...

A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People. There is no shortage of ...

One-party system in Nigeria's democracy is not the wish of Nigerians, we want to see diversification, we want other people to be given their chances. I believe democracy thrives when there is healthy ...

Much of today’s public discourse suggests that democracy is eroding — under threat, unraveling, or being dismantled. These conversations often fall along familiar partisan lines, with each side ...