The legacy of Black voter empowerment continues from historic trailblazers like Ida B. Wells-Barnett to contemporary grassroots organizations like BLOC and Detroit Action. At a time when Black voters ...

Kenya is a nation governed by democratic principles. In recent years, we have made significant strides in improving our governance. According to Article 1 of our constitution, sovereign power belongs ...

India. The United Kingdom. Brazil. The United States. The major headlines in these countries conveys "Democracy in peril," "Democratic backsliding," or "Populist threats to democracy." However, ...

Youth participation a catalyst for democratic renewal and accountability, say participants at Afrobarometer/Youth Democracy Cohort event ...

Forward-thinking leaders are reimagining democracy from the ground up — protecting voting rights, strengthening election systems, and expanding access to civic participation in communities nationwide.

Much has been written lately about “the state of our democracy in crisis.” We read the headlines and feel a rise in anxiety. But what does it actually mean? It means that the checks and balances that ...

As we explore the role of new technologies in changing how government makes policies and delivers services, one form of technology is emerging that has the potential to foster decision-making that's ...

This essay focuses on recent proposals to confer decisional status upon deliberative mini-publics such as citizens’juries, Deliberative Polls, and citizens’assemblies. Against such proposals, I argue ...

Even folks who don’t follow tennis now know who Peng Shuai is, and may be contemplating what her situation means for international relations and democracy. Peng is a veteran professional tennis player ...

Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2 (June 2003), pp. 131-150 (20 pages) Using survey data collected from a larger comparative survey project employing a multistage, stratified, random ...