Italy’s Crisis: Weak Government and Political Fragmentation in the Second…
Since the ignoble beginnings of the Second Republic amid corruption and crime, a “culture of crisis” has permeated…
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A Look at the Electoral College: Can America do Better?
It’s difficult to make a case for keeping the Electoral College in its current form. It’s an antiquated and…
Sweden’s 2018 Election and the Shortcomings of Proportional Representation
“Populism” and “Political Fragmentation” are terms that one would not immediately associate with stable liberal…
Against Proportional Representation
Europe's political world was shocked to learn that Christian Lindner, head of Germany's Free Democratic Party…
Italy’s Surprisingly Long and Tortured History with Electoral Reform
The 48 years between 1945 and 1993 saw 52 governments rise and fall, each on average lasting less than a yearWhen…
The Radical Right: A Tale of Two Countries
On the surface, European and American democracies don’t have very much in common. European Union (EU) states…