In 2020, leaders from across the business sector defended the electoral process against unprecedented threats, condemning the violence on Capitol Hill, and calling for a peaceful transfer of power.

Democracy has long been viewed as humanity’s crowning political achievement. It is hailed as a system that enshrines human rights, ensures peaceful transfers of power, and gives voice to the masses.

ABC News is reporting preliminary results from exit-poll data. Broad economic discontent, sharp divisions about the nation's future and polarized views of the major-party candidates mark voter ...

Slater and Wong ask why economic development does not always lead to democracy, as traditional modernization theory predicted it would—and also why it sometimes does. They compare 12 Asian states that ...

Human development does not happen in a vacuum. A growing economy, an improved educational system, and better health outcomes cannot be removed from broader questions of governance, political stability ...

Since gaining independence on 1 October 1960, Nigeria has struggled to maintain a democratic government. The election of 1999 offered renewed hope after a series of military coups and periods of ...

More and more Americans are turning against democracy. According to a 2023 survey from the University of Virginia Center for Politics, 24% of Democrats and 31% of Republicans agree with the statement, ...

“Democracy will defeat the economist at every turn on its own genre.” - Harold Innis, Canadian political economist, and pioneer in communication studies On the eve of India’s independence, Pt.

Education is the foundation of any functioning society: It prepares people to live cohesively in a community, participate politically, and contribute economically. Investing in education has ...

How did people across 24 nations rate the political environment in their country in 2023? In a word: poorly. Ratings of democracy are generally negative across the 24 countries surveyed. A median of ...

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