Australia is one of the world’s leading democracies, but we’re not immune from the pressures causing backsliding overseas.

When government systems collapse under complexity, democracy itself breaks down — fueling the populist frustration reshaping American politics today. When Democracy’s Operating System Crashes ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in ...

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that ...

A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People. There is no shortage of ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

B.R. Ambedkar’s views on religion, democracy, economic equality, nationalism, communism and free and fair elections are as ...