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 ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Susan Stokes, University of Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) In August 2022, a statewide ...

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

The topic today is “Participatory Democracy”, which must be said from the onset is not a rhetorical concept — it either is or it isn’t. In simple terms, participatory democracy means the involvement ...

It is hard enough to promote or save democracy when the public is relatively united in its desire to do so. The experience of the “color revolutions” in former Soviet Republics offers powerful ...