Hugo Drochon is an Associate Professor in Political Theory at the University of Nottingham and the author of a new book titled Elites and Democracy. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. I don’t think populism is necessarily a challenge to democracy. I think it’s part and…Read More

Milan Svolik is the Elizabeth S. & A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is the author of the 2012 book The Politics of Authoritarian Rule. He has also published a variety of influential journal articles such as “Polarization Versus Democracy”, “When Polarization Trumps Civic Virtue”, and “In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right.” The Democracy…Read More

Javier Pérez Sandoval is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Democracy in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His most recent article (coauthored with Andrés Mejía Acosta) is “Why Populists Hollow Out Their States.” The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. By…Read More

Kate Baldwin is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. She is the author of the book Faith in Democracy: The Logic of Church Advocacy for Liberal Democratic Institutions in Africa. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. The group of people who have an…Read More