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Plato’s Ambivalent Assessment of Democracy
In his 2016 article, “Democracies End When They Are Too Democratic,” Andrew Sullivan argued that Book VIII of Plato’s Republic accurately depicts a...
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Trust as foundation and endangerment of democracy
What are the consequences of lies for democracy? Contrary to a widespread assumption, they often do not lead to a loss of trust in politicians and...
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To Belong: Feeling “At Home” and Support for Democracy
What explains support for democracy? We ask this question in the context of scholarly assertions that democratic values are weakening among citizens...
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Does Social Media Penetration Enhance Democratic Institutions? Evidence from Varieties of Democracy Data
We examine whether social media enhances democracy using cross-sectional data from 145 countries. We used Facebook penetration as a proxy for social...
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Democracy Does Improve Health
In this paper, we study the extent to which the spread of democracy affects country-level health outcomes in 115 countries, between 1960 and 2015. To...
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Bilateral trade of films, religion, and democracy (2002–2015)
Some studies have already expressed the importance of cultural traits as key determinants of international trade in cultural goods. However, since a...
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The Relationship Between Understanding of Democracy and Political Participation in Russia Under Putin’s Non-democratic Regime
In theory, people hold views of democracy and evaluate its quality by observing how it works in their country; this “understanding” of democracy...
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Symbols and reasons in democratization: cultural sociology meets deliberative democracy
We develop an account of societal democratization that synthesizes cultural sociology and deliberative democracy. Cultural sociologists emphasize the...
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Tragedy: Resource Curse, Democracy and Income Inequality
This study utilized instrumental variable techniques and the Driscoll-Kraay estimator to examine the effect of democracy and natural resources on...
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Democratization, development, and inequality: the limits of redistributive models of democracy
This article seeks to provide a comprehensive re-evaluation of the redistributive models of democracy advanced by Carles Boix, and Daron Acemoglu and...
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Is Democracy Associated with Reduction of Poverty, Child Mortality and Child Deprivation in Low-income Countries?
Is democracy related to lower poverty rates and better living conditions for children in develo** countries? Multiple sources have confirmed that...
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Food Aid Shocks and Food Insecurity: Does Democracy Matter?
This study investigates the relationship between negative food aid shocks, which occur when food aid falls sharply, and food insecurity. I theorize...
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The ‘Woke’ way or the highway: American democracy in the age of ‘Wokism’ and ‘Cancel Culture’
This paper explores the emergence and proliferation of Wokism and Cancel culture in the context of democracy. It traces the origins and evolution of...
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The Relationship Between Democracy and Subjective Well-Being as a Function of Anti-Democratic Attitudes: a Multilevel Analysis of 78 Countries Worldwide
Past research has shown a non-significant association between the level of democracy and subjective well-being. This study attempts to address this...
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Support for Democracy in the Age of Rising Inequality and Population Aging
This article argues that advanced democracies face a dual crisis of rising inequality and population aging, which jointly put pressure on welfare...
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Acceptable Hierarchies: Epistemic Democracy in Europe and the Middle East
The people can tolerate elitists’ claims to be superior on three conditions, relating to distributive justice, open access, and transparent...
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Communitarian democracy and its legitimation by the Ecuadorian State—rethinking plurinationality
The 2008 Constitution defined Ecuador as plurinational and intercultural. It legitimizes different forms of participation, through the mechanisms of...
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Discursive Theory of Democracy
The discursive theory of democracy attempts to base democracy on the relationship between civil society, the public sphere, discourse, and formal...
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Does Democracy Matter for Lifespan Inequalities? Regime Type and Premature Mortality by Sex
Reductions in premature mortality are widely attributed to economic, educational, and medical factors. This study contributes to our understanding of...
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Introduction: Sustainability, Democracy and the Dark Sides of Civil Society
Despite widespread acknowledgement of the value of sustainability, the transition towards more sustainable economies and societies remains a...