Sparta was a society with too many institutional checks and balances, and Athens was a society with...
Political Science
The practice has been a thorn in the side of democracy for centuries. Introduction After the Census...
New momentum in the continuing march toward a more equitable society. Introduction In 2011, Venus Colley-Mims found...
Here are some of the key myths and what we actually learn from history. History looms large...
A First Amendment scholar writes about measures a century ago – and today – to silence those...
Scholars debate the precise number of democratic waves and their causes. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
In the beginning and right before election day, political campaigns are exciting. However, in “the middle,” things...
Exploring Madison’s greatest fear about the future of the Republic he did so much to shape: the...
“This is not something that is just going to go away.” Inauguration Day should have punctured the...
We can find important elements of Rousseau’s approach still alive and well in American politics and culture...
The elections of 1876, 1888, 1960 and 2000 were among the most contentious in American history. Introduction...
The prerequisites for the emergence of a public sphere were increasing levels of literacy which was spurred...
Early voting periods are not remotely new to the 2020 election. First Presidential Election There are many...
African Americans, women, Native Americans, and citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 had to fight...
To begin, a disclaimer for this article: This is not an attempt to sanitise the legacy of...
Rousseau is both one of the greatest advocates and most profound critics of the social contract tradition....
Kleroterion: This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
The Acropolis of Athens. Dominating the acropolis is the Parthenon, built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Age of Pericles, and...
Adolf Hitler and his entourage take a stroll in Paris on June 23, 1940 / German Federal...
Pottery ostraka identifying Themistocles, 482 BCE. These were used in Athens to vote a particular citizen to be ostracised from the polis....
This great writer, great naturalist, and great advocate of self-reliant individualism was also one of the founding fathers...
Ostraka for Ostracism / Museum of the Ancient Agora, Wikimedia Commons Although the Greek city-states differed in...
Radical pamphleteer Thomas Paine advocated a republic: a state without a king. By Dr. P. Scott Corbett,...
1952 Democratic Convention / Wikimedia Commons People gain an understanding and acceptance of the political culture of...
Political parties thrive when they are able to manage the media and effectively promote their candidates, leaders,...
History tells us that midterm elections are bad — sometimes very bad — for the party that...
The Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, by Jean-Pierre Houël / Bibliothèque nationale de France, Wikimedia...
Pnyx hill in Athens by Qwqchris. / Wikimedia Commons In the matter of the dēmokratia (‘People-Power’) that the Greeks invented (the...
Did the Roman arenas of political conflict support the common good? Trey Ratcliff/flickr, Creative Commons History offers countless examples...
A 1969 photo of political theorist and scholar Hannah Arendt. AP Photo Hannah Arendt, a political theorist, fled Germany...