Brian Klaas: Democracy Is…
"Democracy is a system of governance in which ordinary citizens get to have an informed and meaningful say about decisions that affect their lives."
Lynn Chancer on Why Feminism Is Important for Democracy
Why is feminism important for democracy? In its latest episode, The Graduate Center, CUNY podcast “The Thought Project” discusses this and other questions with sociologist Lynn Chancer, professor at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. In her new book, After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism - Taking [...]
Truth and Democracy
The act of voting requires a solid selection of choices based on facts. However, the "fake news" phenomenon, both as a political reflex response as well as a factual problem in time of distrust in expertise, appears to shift the basis of voting to something else. Sophia Rosenfelt, who wrote [...]
The End of the Weimar Republic and What it Means for Democracy Today
How did the German Weimar Republic, a constitutional democracy with checks and balances descend into a totalitarian system, the dictatorship of the Nazis? In his new book, “The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic,” Professor Benjamin C. Hett (The Graduate Center, CUNY [...]
Elections, Candidates, and Campaigns: What Really Counts
Elections are pervasive features of democracies. But despite the importance of candidate and campaign features, these are rarely included in election forecasting. Charles Tien, professor of political science at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, together with Michael Lewis-Beck, has taken on this paradox in an article published in [...]