What is American democracy? 20 common forms of government
study starters / David A. Tomar
What exactly is neoliberalism? / Kean Birch
Democracy's midlife crisis : an interview with David Runciman / David Runciman, Danielle Charette, Jacob Hamburger
History and democracy / Sean Wilentz
Is the United States of America a republic or a democracy? / Eugene Volokh
Are we witnessing the death of liberal democracy / Ian McKay
2. Democracy in context :
Democratic identity and economy : the rise of authoritarian capitalism / Kevin Rudd
Big fail : the internet hasn't helped democracy / Robert Diab
American democracy is ailing : thinking like an economist can help / Gary Saul Morson, Morton Schapiro
Economic freedom is essential to democracy / William Dunkelberg
E pluribus unum? The fight over identity politics / Stacey Y. Abrams, John Sides, Michael Tesler, Lynn Vavreck, Jennifer A. Richeson, Francis Fukuyama
3. Democracy or dictatorship?
Democratic authoritarianism : American democracy is in crisis, and not just because of Trump / Simon Tisdall
American democracy has gone through dark times before / Robert Dallek
Lessons in the decline of democracy from the ruined Roman republic / Jason Daley
A major democracy watchdog just published a scathing report on Trump / Zack Beauchamp
Why is American democracy in danger? / Eric Schoon, Corey Pech
4. How fragile is democracy?
The global view : the growing signs of the fragility and resilience of liberal democracy / Heidi Koolmeister
Yes, we need to do better : world leaders talk democracy / The New York Times
Despite global concerns about democracy, more than half of countries are democratic / Drew DeSilver
Democracy is more fragile than many of us realized, but don't believe that it is doomed / Andrew Rawnsley
Poland's nationalism threatens Europe's values and cohesion / Steven Erlanger, Marc Santora
5. What do we think of democracy?
Attitudes and approaches : the public, the political system and American democracy / Pew Research Center
20 of America's top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy : they're scared / Sean Illing
What the world can learn about equality from the Nordic model / Geoffrey M. Hodgson
The Nordic Democratic-Socialist myth / Nima Sanandaji
Are millennials giving up on democracy? / Neil Howe
On the sidelines of democracy : exploring why so many Americans don't vote / Asma Khalid, Don Gonyea, Leila Fadel.