Democracy & Governance | Harvard Kennedy School

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After an attempted assassination, how to turn back a rising tide of political threats and violence

August 01, 2024

Political Violence and the 2024 Presidential Election

July 30, 2024

HKS Professor: This is how to fix redistricting

April 03, 2024

We can productively discuss even the toughest topics—here’s how

February 14, 2024

The more Indigenous nations self govern, the more they succeed

June 08, 2023

If you don’t have multiracial democracy, you don’t have democracy at all

May 15, 2023

How the CCP went from rebel to ruler in 100 years

Anthony Saich’s “From Rebel to Ruler”

August 22, 2022

Dark hooded figure faces away from us and gazes upon a large fire or explosion. White overlaid text reads, "What can we do about collective vigilantism?"

Dara Kay Cohen & Danielle F. Jung’s “Lynching and Local Justice”

March 08, 2022

Fung and Keyssar: America’s flawed democracy is in deep—possibly fatal—trouble

February 17, 2022

Steven Levitsky

Democracy and Authoritarianism

September 30, 2021