I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it. In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a ...

an important driver of democratic decline is political exclusion and inequality and when citizens are excluded from a role in policy and decision-making spaces ...

It was recently announced that Harvard Law School had obtained a version of the Magna Carta from 1300 for a small price years ago, only just now realizing it was more than just a cheap copy. My wife ...

In a democracy, evolution of the policy views of the electorate is a constant occurrence, and more dramatic shifts are not unusual. For those currently in power who may be out of line with such ...

Political science scholars examined worldwide democratic backsliding and emphasized the need to strengthen pro-democracy coalitions during a Wednesday event titled “Global Challenges & Responses to ...

Former president Goodluck Jonathan queries why democracy fails to deliver growth in Africa, citing economic success in non-democratic nations and urging reforms.

American children are taught that democracy is the best form of government. I remember teachers saying that popularly elected governments are the “natural” endpoint of all societies. But is this true?

India can adopt a new path to development, one that no developing country has taken before, wherein its firms come up with world-beating ideas and products and deliver them globally. No large ...

Modalities for the implementation of local government autonomy are being sorted out by the federal government, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, said yesterday in Lagos.