This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The collapse of one-party dictatorship and centrally planned economy based on state ownership opened up the pathways for the formation of ...

Americans learned a lot about government – especially that once-obscure process of impeachment – in the past year. But over time we’ve lost ground when it comes to understanding and embracing our ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Julian Assange of WikiLeaks responds to the sentencing of Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for turning over more than 700,000 classified ...

In recent years, the decline of democracy in the US and abroad has become conventional wisdom. However, the truth is far less cut and dry. In fact, depending on the dataset, democracy is making great ...

Re: “The future of civic education” [May 31, Opinion]: To Kevin Frazier’s admirable list of civic focus points (civic optimism, civic cynicism, civic memory), I recommend adding civic duty. Although ...

A race for a Hamden Legislative Council seat hinges in part on how to define some basic concepts of democracy in the age of both Trump and a newly ascendant wing in the local Democratic Party. The ...

Juniors and seniors in Joshua Whittemore’s social studies class at Litchfield High School are busy learning about the country’s judicial system, and recently completed a mock trial to understand ...

Democracy, as formed by our forefathers, is a simple concept; government of the People, by the People, for the People. Our Jeffersonian Democracy established what the purpose and role of governments ...