Democracy

Insights

In 2021, US Democracy Survived An Assault. But Its Threats Grew.

The United States kicked off 2021 with an attempted coup that was accompanied by an insurrection at the Capitol. But the country’s democratic institutions prevailed and order was reinstated: the democratically elected president…

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5 min

Insights

Democracy Is In Recession. How Can We Restore Faith In It?

Faith in democracy is declining. According to Pew Research Center, 52% globally are dissatisfied with democracy, having lost faith not only in their government, but also in the idea of democracy…

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5 min

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America Classified As A Declining Democracy By Experts, Again

A long list of journalists, academics, and elected officials have sounded the alarm: Democracy is under threat. According to Freedom House and other research groups, the number of democracies in the world…

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7 min

Interviews

CARR Interviews with Specialists: Federico Finchelstein On The Modern Rise Of Fascism

Historian Federico Finchelstein discusses the elements of fascism, how it differs from real populism, and why he thinks Trump is a wannabe fascist. How did you become interested in researching…

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6 min

Adam Przeworski, Crises of Democracy: A Review

As the title implies, Crises of Democracy is an unwelcomely timely work: as Trump exits in the most Trumpian way imaginable, “democratic backsliding” is present across the world, with his…

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8 min

Insights

America Is No Longer One Nation

Another American election has come and gone. And, once again, enlightened pundits on both sides of the Atlantic are scratching their heads. How is it possible that some 70 million…

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5 min

Insights

Authoritarian Populism, Emancipatory Populism: The Italian Constitutional Referendum

The crisis of democracy is rising across Western countries because liberal societies have failed to deliver democracy’s most important pillars that it promised: legitimacy, representation, and sovereignty. Recent literature states…

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5 min

Insights

Of ‘Nazi-Pigs’, ‘Jewish sows’ and ‘bourgeois coalitions’ (A German perspective)

Democracy has a core meaning but it needs to be defined from a vantage point, given that is is a contested concept subject to dynamic framing and reframing processes. According…

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5 min

Insights

Political Globalisation and the Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe (Part II)

In this second part of Pragya Rai’s blog on political globalisation and the populist radical right, Rai looks at the strengths and weaknesses of globalist and anti-globalist arguments – critically…

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6 min

Insights

Political Globalisation and the Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe (Part I)

Introduction Back in 2016, Marine Le Pen announced that the time of the nation state had returned and that the prospects of walls being built across the world showed that…

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Categories

In 2021, US Democracy Survived An Assault. But Its Threats Grew.

Democracy Is In Recession. How Can We Restore Faith In It?

America Classified As A Declining Democracy By Experts, Again

CARR Interviews with Specialists: Federico Finchelstein On The Modern Rise Of Fascism

Adam Przeworski, Crises of Democracy: A Review

America Is No Longer One Nation

Authoritarian Populism, Emancipatory Populism: The Italian Constitutional Referendum

Of ‘Nazi-Pigs’, ‘Jewish sows’ and ‘bourgeois coalitions’ (A German perspective)

Political Globalisation and the Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe (Part II)

Political Globalisation and the Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe (Part I)

Does Ukraine Need the Light of Hannukah?

The Swords of Wayland: from family television to fascist mythos

The Borderline between Poland and Belarus: A Spotlight on the Transnational Far Right

The Sobibor Area Labour Camps – Part II

The Sobibor Area Labour Camps – Part I