Is America in a period of democratic decline? I argue that there is an urgent need to consider
the United States in comparative perspective, and that doing so is necessary to …

The current Qualitative Inquiry partial special issue titled “Higher Education in the Time of
Trump and Beyond: Resistance and Critique” is based on a similarly themed plenary panel …

The salience of political polarization has increased rapidly in the last few years as this
phenomenon has infiltrated countries across the globe, including the United States. A …

Veteran health writer Sara Gorman compellingly argues that the backbone of medical
conspiracy theories is not misinformation but lack of trust--in our hospitals and in our …

The drivers of democratic success are well-studied and comprise a complex topic with a
plethora of economic, environmental, and historical factors given to explain the relative …

Barnes and Williamson, in Chapter 2 of this book, cite polarization and the resulting policy
gridlock at the federal level as important reasons to pursue local community-building …