There is a ‘deep disquiet’ within liberal democracies: a feeling, manifested on both sides of politics, that the conventional order has failed and is beyond reform.
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The ‘dark triad’ is made up of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy.
What is acceptable from a minor party of protest may not be what voters want to see from a potential government.
“The people” is a slippery, vague concept – and this is precisely what makes it so powerful.
Kenya’s health financing law change suggests conditions for reform can be strategically built.
Scotland avoided the popular riots that shook other nations.
Graham Platner’s Senate campaign has imploded amid credible accusations of rape. A Maine political scientist looks at what happened and how the populist Platner resembles Donald Trump in key ways.
It’s a gamble for both leaders. But the US president showed how effective this tactic can be.
Far-right electoral gains tend to push consumers away from ‘foreign’ brands.
On June 23 2016, a slight majority of Britons voted to leave the European Union. Today surveys show that more people are regretting the EU divorce deal rather than celebrating it.
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
People want to feel like their disappointment is being heard.
The Liberal-National party is taking a hard-line stance on climate change. But are they just following Pauline Hanson’s lead?
A key challenge facing Magyar will be to undo the system Orbán has put in place to exercise control over Hungary.
Voters in places like Aliquippa and Braddock aren’t becoming more radical; they’re responding to decades of disinvestment and institutional failure.
In practice, most of our experiences of shared realities are not involved in truth. Think of myths, neighbourly feeling, or the sense of community.
In 2015, global leaders gathered in force to get the Paris Agreement done. A decade later, shifting geopolitics makes a very different landscape for climate talks.
Defending democracy requires more than just countering populism in general. It requires recognizing and addressing the authoritarian currents that run through some forms of populist politics.
Campy, exaggerated and partisan, many White House social media posts target the president’s base. But the communications approach may pose a risk to democracy.
Most sellers already pay no tax, so the proposal’s benefits would flow to the richest.
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