Across the world, democracies are grappling with a widening gap between citizens and those who govern. Australia is no ...

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CPR is publishing a series of articles about the top issues for Colorado voters, drawn from the Voter Voices survey, and how the offices and questions on their ballot relate to them. Find all of the ...

Our Democracy is at risk. Both extremes have used this political talking point. It’s true, but not for the reasons typically mentioned. Simplistically, our democracy means people make the country’s ...

A small corner of Belgium is recruiting ordinary citizens to help create policies. Participants say it’s renewed their faith in government. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Eupen, Belgium About two dozen ...

“Democracy” gets thrown around a lot in American politics. Usually, when someone wins, they say democracy worked. When someone loses, they say democracy died. Here’s the twist most civics classes rush ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

Ryan D. Enos is a professor of Government. Steven Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and a professor of Government. Democracy is in greater peril today than at any ...

Our political environment has become marked by claims about a particular party being for or against democracy. How do we tell who is telling the truth? Why does it matter that we preserve democracy? A ...

The present strategy describes the comprehensive approach adopted by the Federal Government and the fundamental objectives and target groups for the various measures. It is based on the following ...