Economic booms sparked by capitalism can lead to inequality and then political upheaval. Democracy and capitalism, however, tend to improve as a result.

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The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

Levitsky: “The entire Republican party, almost without exception anymore, has been taken over by MAGA, which is an extremist ...

can explain both the timing of the rise of populism, as well as the curious conspiratorial character that it has taken. In ...

India’s Passage to Despotism (Oxford University Press, U K, 2021, 336 Pages ISBN: 9780198848608 — : Indian Edition, Macmillan, 2021 ), authored by Debasish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane, has thoroughly ...

The state has three independent branches. Victoria University Dean of Law Geoff McLay helps explain the crucial relationship ...

The insurrection was eventually put down by a private army hired by Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin, after members of ...

Analysis - Every educated Liberian adult acknowledges that Liberia's constitutional democracy is not functioning as intended. The root of this dysfunction lies in what is referred to as the "Liberian ...

Whitestone: Venezuela’s “Iron Lady,” María Corina Machado, in hiding from the authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, won the ...

The Texas GOP will vote Saturday to possibly bar some state legislators from running in the 2026 primary, despite repeated ...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights.” Ms. Machado, who built one of ...