A vote center in San Diego County. Courtesy Registrar of Voters If democracy is going to flourish on this planet, its practitioners must come to see themselves as members of the same team.

A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Last Saturday's "No Kings" protest spurred conversations, counter-protesting and misunderstandings. A video the Gazette posted of peaceful protestors ...

Given the tumultuous state of politics in the United States, it’s understandable that many people are asking themselves, “What is democracy?” By definition, democracy is a form of government that ...

Winston Churchill famously said, "Democracy is the worst form of government—except for all those other forms that have been tried." However, that presumes people agree on what the term actually means.

Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic Convention. (Franklin McMahon / Corbis / Getty Images) In the early years of the United States, almost no one called the country’s highly unusual experiment in popular ...

Despite being used in both the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and the Regulatory Standards Bill, the term “democracy” is neither defined nor explained in either. This rhetorical and ...

A third of Turkish adults are satisfied with the way democracy is working in their country, while the other two-thirds express dissatisfaction. More than a third (37%) say they are not satisfied at ...

Granite Staters crowded town halls and school gymnasiums this week to take part in one of the most basic forms of democracy: town meeting day. It’s a tried-and-true civic tradition ...

Less than half of 18 to 24-year-olds believe democracy is “always preferable” to other forms of government, according to ...

James Walter previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. We are social beings. So, within every group, decisions must be made about how to live together, preserving wellbeing and ...