More intriguing, perhaps, than any impact of Barack Obama’s racial identity on the November election is the broader association between race and voting for the Democratic and Republican parties.

Tagged: democracy, iRiSS, On Campus, Public Service, Humanities & Sciences

Josiah Ober, a professor in Classics and Political Science, offers some thoughts about how Barack Obama might benefit from re-visiting the tenets of Athenian democracy as he begins his presidency.

Tagged: democracy, history, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences

With John McCain and Barack Obama throwing political punches over how to deal with the country's financial crisis, you might think a face-off between a pair of their economic advisers would get ugly.

Think again.

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If the biggest global story of the 1980s and 1990s was the remarkable expansion of democracy, the bad news of this decade is that democracy is slipping into recession. Professor Larry Diamond examines the factors behind the decline in political rights and civil liberties in many countries around the world and identifies potential ways to turn the tide.

Tagged: democracy, Hoover Institution, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences

On April 10, 2008, millions of Nepalese went to the polls in an historic election. Medical School staff member, Paul Costello, gives a first-hand account based on his week as an international observer.

Tagged: democracy, elections, Nepal, International Issues

New research challenges the widely held theory that democracy and oil exports are inversely related.

Tagged: democracy, oil, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences