Italy’s Crisis: Weak Government and Political Fragmentation in the Second… Giordano Baratta Oct 31, 2019 Since the ignoble beginnings of the Second Republic amid corruption and crime, a “culture of crisis” has permeated…
A Look at the Electoral College: Can America do Better? Lila Mooney Oct 10, 2019 It’s difficult to make a case for keeping the Electoral College in its current form. It’s an antiquated and…
Sweden’s 2018 Election and the Shortcomings of Proportional Representation Rebecka Eriksdotter Pieder Oct 15, 2018 “Populism” and “Political Fragmentation” are terms that one would not immediately associate with stable liberal…
Against Proportional Representation Koji Shiromoto Jan 12, 2018 Europe's political world was shocked to learn that Christian Lindner, head of Germany's Free Democratic Party…
Italy’s Surprisingly Long and Tortured History with Electoral Reform Koji Shiromoto Jul 11, 2017 The 48 years between 1945 and 1993 saw 52 governments rise and fall, each on average lasting less than a yearWhen…
The Radical Right: A Tale of Two Countries Pauline Werner Nov 20, 2015 On the surface, European and American democracies don’t have very much in common. European Union (EU) states…