The author laid the groundwork for his thesis that judges, whom he calls “the selectorate”, have toppled the people in ...

[W]hile most Americans do not hold highly authoritarian views, a substantial minority does: 43% of Americans score high on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale (RWAS), while 41% score high on the ...

A distinct set of six institutions and traditions makes the country hard to subjugate to an authoritarian’s will.

The survey reflects the views of over 500 of the nation’s top political scientists — experts on democracy, authoritarianism, and constitutional structure. Their message is clear: The U.S. is ...

The authors are political scientists who study how democracies come to an end. How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be.

On the surface, these seem like separate stories — one about authoritarian repression ... like public infrastructure that is essential to democracy, civic engagement and truth itself.

As a reporter I cover developments in democracy where the Swiss perspective ... But as in other authoritarian regimes, this raises difficult questions about whether providing development aid ...

While the U.S. government’s recent attacks on higher education may look much different from the Taliban’s, there are some ...