The six Council of Europe “Living Democracy” manuals provide teachers with high-quality lesson materials which have been ...

The health of liberal democracies has been the focus of interest for political science for some time, against a global backdrop marked by the rise of political polarization and tense incidents like ...

Most people will agree that over the past several years, American political leaders have been saying—and sharing on social media—unusual things that politicians would never have said a decade or two ...

Given the tumultuous state of politics in the United States, it’s understandable that many people are asking themselves, “What is democracy?” By definition, democracy is a form of government that ...

Is it possible, at this deeply ideologically divided time, to articulate a set of principles of American constitutional democracy that those across the political spectrum can agree upon? This was our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Americans, many of them Republicans, seek leaders who would violate basic principles of democracy. AP Photo/Ben Gray It might ...

The French-Italian writer Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) famously said: “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” This statement appears harsh in view of the many people around the globe ...