Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Authoritarianism in the United States – a belief system that the ruling elite should enforce strict obedience to their authority ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A quick Google search reveals many articles, commentaries, social media posts, and scholarly debates on whether or not America is sliding into an ...

While most people see representative democracy as a good way to govern their country, large shares of the public in many countries are open to nondemocratic alternatives. How we did this This Pew ...

For the past several years—let’s face it, ever since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016—historians, political scientists, and psychologists alike have been foretelling the possible end of the ...

The reelection of Donald Trump, perhaps more than any other event in modern history, has thrust authoritarianism into the spotlight. From media pundits to conversations held in coffee shops, people ...

We are living in an authoritarian state. It didn’t feel that way this morning, when I took my dog for his usual walk in the park and dew from the grass glittered on my boots in the rising sunlight. It ...

Authoritarian parenting styles can have a significant impact on children’s development and their future political attitudes. This parenting approach is characterized by high demands and low ...

The "resource curse," as it's called, has long been a popular phenomenon in international relations scholarship. Applied broadly, the theory can be pretty persuasive: countries with massive endowments ...