Events2Join

The State of Democracy Around the World


Democracy Around the World | Episode 102 - PBS

In the second episode of this three part series, we step outside of the United States and explore democracies around the world.

The Summit for Democracy - United States Department of State

History and common sense tell us that liberty, opportunity, and justice thrive in a democracy, not in an autocracy. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Democratic Country | Overview, Types & List - Lesson - Study.com

There between 90 and 110 democratic countries in the world. Most countries in Europe and the Americas are democratic. Some examples include Canada, Mexico, ...

Why Democracy Matters and How To Make It Work for the 21st Century

The United States can lay claim to the world's oldest modern democracy. The Constitution, in effect since 1789, is the longest-surviving written ...

Democracy's appeal is slipping before elections around the world

A survey of 24 democratic countries by the Pew Research Center has found that while representative democracy remains a favorite system of ...

Democracy under threat around the world -intergovernmental ...

Half of the world's countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of ...

Journal of Democracy

The Journal of Democracy has been a leading voice in the conversation about government by consent and its place in the world.

Democracy Without America? - Foreign Affairs

Since the beginning of this historic “year of elections” worldwide, it was apparent that none would be more important in shaping global ...

A Make-or-Break Year for Democracy Worldwide - Time

The process is already well along in much of the world. Of the 43 countries expected to hold free and fair elections this electoral megacycle, ...

Which are the world's strongest democracies?

The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) latest Democracy Index 2016 shows 72 countries experienced a decline in democratic values last year.

Democracy indices - Wikipedia

The democracy indices differ in whether they are categorical, such as classifying countries into democracies, hybrid regimes, and autocracies, or continuous ...

How is democracy doing globally, according to democracy reports?

The number of countries moving towards authoritarianism is more than double the number moving towards democracy. · 37% of the world's population ...

International Day of Democracy - the United Nations

The International Day of Democracy provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world ... democratic governance around the ...

Where democracy is most at risk - The Economist

Western Europe remains the most democratic place on Earth: 71% of western European countries included in the index are full democracies. Only ...

America's Democratic Dysfunction by Kelly Born - Project Syndicate

Less than 8% of the world's population now lives in what scholars call a “full democracy.” While four in ten people are ruled by authoritarian ...

Democracy - Manual for Human Rights Education with Young people

There are so many different models of democratic government around the world that it is sometimes easier to understand the idea of democracy in terms of what it ...

Democracy Index 2023: Understanding the Global Scenarios

The world's (almost) eight billion people live in a range of political and cultural environments. The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) ...

Democracy in the United States - USCIS

The United States is a representative democracy. This means that our government is elected by citizens. Here, citizens vote for their government officials.

Challenges to Democracy | Daniel Ziblatt - Scholars at Harvard

... democracy faced by nations around the world. Our aim is to foster conversation between scholars of developing and established democracies, including America ...

After years of decline, countries across the world are voting ... - NPR

Millions of people around the world have cast ballots in elections this year in over 30 countries in an era of democracy and decline and authoritarianism on ...