BU Experts Discuss Democracy, Electoral Reforms, Compromise, and Moral Outrage
With the 2024 presidential election booming, one phrase stands out as a harbinger of uncertain times: democracy at risk. It’s been covered in news, invoked by liberal and conservative pundits and presidential candidates, and fretted over in private.
Surveys show Americans are concerned about the state of democracy….
In general, those who see our form of government in decline point to issues like immigration, voter suppression, compromised election integrity, entrenched bipartisanship, rising authoritarian sentiment, and fears about media manipulation.
Bruce Schulman, William E. Huntington Professor of History at the College of Arts & Sciences, puts our present-day grasp of democracy in a historical context…
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