Constitutional Origins and Liberal Democracy: A Global Analysis, 1900–2015 By Gabriel L. Negretto, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, Harvard University A strong tradition in democratic theory claims that only constitutions made with […]
Platonic Theocracy, Liberalism, and Authoritarianism in Leo Strauss’s Philosophy and Law By John P. Mccormick, University of Chicago Leo Strauss, in Philosophy and Law (1935), offers Platonic theocracy as a more just and stable political alternative to […]
Join the American Political Science Association for a virtual conversation on the insurrection, impeachment, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for democracy in the United States. This event will bring together experts from […]
Civic Education: Information Evaluation, Political Deliberation and Critical Thinking at a Federal Courthouse by Nattawan Junboonta, Doctoral Candidate, Rutgers University This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Spring 2019 issue. In recent years, it […]
By Eric Schwartz Without question, I anticipate the coming semester to be the most difficult of my college teaching career. Like many others, I will provide virtual instruction in all my courses—an unforeseen challenge, but […]
This is a guest post by Jeffrey C. Isaac, James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. You can follow him at his blog at Democracy in Dark Times. Democracy is a central […]
By Dr. Benjamin R. Knoll This year’s Kentucky primary election will take place on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020. Below are answers to all the questions you wanted to ask about the primary but were too […]
Over the past 20 years, I’ve taught thousands of students a particular narrative about how the US government formed—American colonists established mechanisms in the Constitution to help them solve significant collective action problems. It’s worth remembering that American government under the Constitution […]
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