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Skip to contentDemocratic Erosiona cross-university collaborationAboutMeet the TeamFaculty ResearchParticipating UniversitiesSummer InternshipGet InvolvedJoin Our ListservBlogAfricaAsiaLatin AmericaMiddle EastRussia and Eastern EuropeWestern EuropeUnited StatesThe CourseSyllabusAssignmentsAdditional ResourcesEvent DatasetData Viewer & DownloadData VisualizationsDescriptive StatisticsMethodologyIn the MediaContactA cross-university collaboration.Democratic Erosion is a multi-university consortium that helps students and faculty evaluate threats to democracy both at home and abroad through the lens of theory, history, and social science.Learn MoreGet InvolvedMain ContentHomeJoin Our Listserv to Receive UpdatesLatest posts Anti-Democratic Action Cloaked in Democratic Rhetoric: The Supreme Court’s Draft Opinion to Overturn Roe v. Wade May 10, 2022 Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court that fundamentally altered and improved women’s rights, is in jeopardy of being overturned. … Read More The Myth of the Immaculate Constitution: How Originalism Can Erode Democracy May 9, 2022 The mythology of the US Constitution is not new. Milton M. Klein describes how the constitution, like the flag or the national anthem, is a … Read More “Disinformation Board”: US Government Approaches 1st Amendment Encroachments As Threats to Tech Monopolies Intensify May 9, 2022 At the end of last month the Biden administration unveiled a new “Disinformation Board” within the Department of Homeland Security, aimed at attacking online “disinformation” … Read More The Patriotic Bill: A Fundamentally Unpatriotic and Antidemocratic Tool to Promote Authoritarian Control in Zimbabwe May 8, 2022 Zimbabwe’s ruling party since the 1980s, The Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)’s, appeals to democracy and national interest in regard to their … Read More Abstaining From Democracy, For Democracy: Iran 2021 Elections May 7, 2022 Iran’s June 18th, 2021 election was a record-breaker in terms of the lowest voter turnout in Iranian electoral history. There were seven candidates in the … Read More A Deeper Look Into Systemic Racism: How It Has Created Disadvantages for Minorities, and Its Impact on Society. May 6, 2022 The issue of systemic racism is most certainly an additive to the problem of democratic erosion. It is simply in the form of bias against … Read More The Fall of the Union: The Failure of the UN to Promote Democracy May 6, 2022 Ambassadors and diplomats leave while Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov (on screen) addresses with a pre-recorded video message at the 49th session of the UN … Read More New evidence on January 6th and its effect on Democracy May 6, 2022 January 6th, 2021 is a day that Americans will not soon forget. The United States experienced an attack on its democracy as violent protestors stormed … Read More Roe V Wade by Mallory Webb May 5, 2022 Read More Roe V. Wade, and it’s reaction in a Populist Political Climate by Adolfo Hernandez May 5, 2022 The Supreme Court decision that was leaked to the public containing the controversial opinion to strike down the decisions made in Roe V. Wade has … Read MoreJoin the consortiumIs American democracy under threat? What about democracy in the West, or the world? If democracy is under threat, what can we do about it? And if it’s not under threat, why are so many of us so worried that it is? The Democratic Erosion consortium aims to help answer these questions through a combination of research, teaching, and civic and policy engagement.Join UsLearn moreRead a profile of the consortium’s first year in Washington Post Magazine.Hear Professor Rob Blair talk about the motivation for the consortium and the state of American democracy with NPR’s Rhode Island affiliate. Learn why looking abroad inspires optimism in democracy at home in Inside Higher Ed.Listen to students reflect on their experience participating in the consortium in the Trending Globally podcast, recorded as part of our first annual Democratic Erosion conference.Read MoreListen on SoundCloudThe Democratic Erosion consortium is grateful for support from:Student Login | Copyright © 2022 Democratic Erosion.wp-container-627b80d08745f {display: flex;gap: 0.5em;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;align-items: center;}.wp-container-627b80d08745f > * { margin: 0; }.wp-container-627b80d087817 .alignleft { float: left; margin-right: 2em; }.wp-container-627b80d087817 .alignright { float: right; margin-left: 2em; }.wp-container-627b80d087bd9 .alignleft { float: left; margin-right: 2em; }.wp-container-627b80d087bd9 .alignright { float: right; margin-left: 2em; }