The Framers’ Constitution - Democracy Journal
The Framers of the American Constitution were visionaries. They designed our Constitution to endure. They sought not only to address the specific challenges facing the nation during their lifetimes, but to establish the foundational principles that would sustain and guide the new nation into an uncertain future.
PR and Presidentialism: Yes, We Can : Democracy Journal
A myth haunts conversations about proportional representation in America. It is the belief that proportional representation requires a parliamentary system. We’re here to kill this myth. As comparative political scientists have long known, proportional …
What’s Next for American Democracy? : Democracy Journal
For all these reasons, we believe Americans who yearn to sustain and enhance effective democratic government must be alert to three possible threat scenarios and ways to address them proactively, as well as if the situation deteriorates.The scenarios range from a continuation of current incremental erosions to outright authoritarian takeovers.
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A Journal of Ideas
Democracy Journal | A Journal of Ideas
A Journal of Ideas. Arguments Should We Be Saying "President Haley"? It’s very likely that the former South Carolina governor was more popular than Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.
Regaining America’s Trust on Immigration : Democracy Journal
A group of migrants enter the United States from Mexico through a hole in the border fence near Sasabe, Arizona, July 15, 2023. (Aaron Wells/Shutterstock.com)
Mr. Moral Authority : Democracy Journal
By the time Lewis had his skull fractured by Alabama state troopers on March 7, 1965 (“Bloody Sunday”), as he and more than 500 Black Americans attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to protest violations of Black voting and civil rights, the 25-year-old was already well known among the country’s civil rights leaders.
Trump 2.0: Learning the Hard Lessons : Democracy Journal
Donald Trump won. What now? Here at Democracy, that’s the question that hasn't left our minds since November 6. So we asked some of the smartest thinkers and political analysts we know to examine the different facets of our new reality: Why did …
The Future Of Democracy
Anja Manuel is a former diplomat, author, and advisor on emerging markets, and is also Co-Founder and Principal in Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, a strategic consulting firm that helps U.S. companies navigate international markets. She is the author of the critically acclaimed This Brave New World: India, China and the United States.. From 2005-2007, she …
Growing the Grassroots - Democracy Journal
How do ideas at the margins become dominant? How one views American history and theorizes power and political change over time shapes the answer to this question. Most strategies on offer to usher in a post-neoliberal economic era are elite, grass-tops …