While the presence of parties and movements alone is not sufficient to explain democracy, their absence is detrimental to enduring democratic regimes. Thus, this volume refocuses our attention on ...

Mr. Schmemann is a member of the editorial board. Democracy, it is often heard these days, is in crisis. The election of Donald Trump and news of political turmoil in many other democracies has ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traoré, was the centre of attention at the inauguration ceremony of Ghana’s President ...

Donald Trump and many of his supporters have explicitly promised to overturn American democracy, using Viktor Orbán’s “illiberal democracy” Hungarian model — where the press is controlled ...

Sanders told The Guardian he was sure Trump would use his office to punish his political enemies, if elected again.