Woodrow Wilson’s rhetorical presidency has grown into the demagogic presidencies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. The … demagogic presidency is defined in terms of Weberian charisma, as a secular political prophet with soulless followers. The cause … of this development is “lower case c” constitutional evolution in the institutions of American Government, including the …

societal groups and the sovereign (i.e. the government or any other actor in power), defining their rights and obligations …

individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …

of democracy (rather than democracy vs. non-democracy) has important consequences for the adoption of structural polices … opposed to majoritarian) and permanent (as opposed to temporary) democracy appear to produce the most growth …

“pro-market” citizen attitudes about the role of government vs. markets in economic policy. These results suggest that if …