The growing hyper-partisan polarisation that divides the country cannot be good for its democratic well-being.

That view jars with the impression conveyed by another, far more conspicuous, trend: the rise of Chinese nationalism. In ...

Looking at constituencies or issues misses the big point. On Tuesday, nihilism was on display, even a death wish, in a society wrought by cynicism.

The rule book no longer matters in the game of democracy in Africa ... it is very much part of the continent’s contemporary neo-liberal calligraphy. Upgraded and re-purposed, and often working ...

I met with a government official preparing to resign and told him I was writing a book about the rise ... The narrative of liberalism and democracy collapsed. This spilled over into China, too.

Can the rise of a different kind of democracy help us to ease the collective feeling of Democratic Fatigue Syndrome?

As American civic life has become increasingly shaped by algorithms, trust in government has plummeted. Is there any turning ...

Members of the Liberal caucus serve democracy in two capacities ... to government spending that they voted out a fiscally ...

FW: Your 2015 book Undoing the Demos warned of the peril that neoliberalism ... So, yes, neoliberalism is part of the story of cratering liberal democracy. But only part. Even as it saturates ...

In an era marked by unprecedented threats to democracy from rising authoritarian forces, universities—once celebrated ...

Abid Raja has long been an outspoken, controversial but popular politician for Norway’s Liberal Party (Venstre). Now he’s ...