The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s democracy “used ...

Sage has launched a free-to-read hub of social and behavioral science resources to foster evidence-based discussions about democracy and the 2024 elections inside and outside the classroom. The ...

David Stasavage is the dean for the social sciences and the Julius Silver Professor in New York University’s department of politics and an affiliated professor in NYU School of Law. He is the author ...

In mid-2023, around the time Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X but before he discontinued free academic access to the platform ...

American democracy is in real trouble, but history, law, social science, and global politics all suggest that rights can be rebuilt, and that people and institutions are already laying the groundwork ...

The major public opinion survey institutions in the US (Pew Research, Gallup, and others) and the UK (YouGov UK, Ipsos UK, and others) are telling the same story. The citizens of both countries are ...

Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State Benjamin Roberts receives ...

Under former President Joe Biden, staffers for a taxpayer-funded climate study were “required” to fervently embrace diversity ...

Almost everyone in Myanmar wants democracy, yet few have considered what kind of democracy best aligns with the country’s political realities. Myanmar has endured decades of political instability, ...

‘Why do institutions, religion, culture, family structures, and conventions influence people’s decisions more than laws alone? These are some fundamental concerns in the academic discipline of social ...