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Trends in trust in parliament, the legal system, and the police within Western Europe and North America.

Trust in Elected Officials Plummets Worldwide as Faith in Police Surges

Authoritarian populism has weakened democracy in Brazil

Brazil’s Democracy Weakened by Rise of Authoritarian Populism, Study Finds

Thousands of protesters organized at Seoul Plaza on March 1st 2017.

From K-Pop to POTUS: How South Korea’s Street Parties Could Save American Democracy

An illustration showing the American flag being embraced by diverse hands, symbolizing the public's united stance against threats to democracy.

Americans support democratic norms, elected officials don’t

hand holding a phone

Disinformation can reinforce polarization in society

Microphone on a podium. Pixabay

What leaders say impacts our ideas about democracy

Donald Trump artwork

Holding Trump accountable will not threaten American democracy

Vladimir Putin

The world is becoming increasingly authoritarian – but there is hope

The Jan. 8 insurrection in Brazil’s seat of government was styled after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, says Jerry Dávila, the Lemann Chair in Brazilian History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and executive director of the Illinois Global Institute. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

What led to the attempted coup in Brazil, what comes next?

The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research’s Coup d’État Project initially categorized the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as an “attempted dissident coup.” But that classification has evolved to include the additional classification “attempted auto-coup d’état,” said Scott Althaus, the center’s director and a professor of both political science and communication at Illinois. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

Why was the Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol considered an ‘auto-coup d’état’?

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