Democracy in 500 Words is mostly content from brilliant UT-Arlington political science students, along with a whimsical newsletter from Prof. Hand.
In 2023, I started looking for a quick source of easy-to-read information about different concepts and authors related to democracy. I wanted something like Paul Cairney's Policy Concepts in 500 Words, but on democracy. I couldn't find it! So here is that effort.
We started with the list of democratic topics from the Oxford Bibliography of Democratic Theory.
In Fall 2024 we added The Runaround, an elections newsletter for the politically disinclined.
Thanks for reading! Click on the navigation tab above to read more about democratic ideas, meet some major democratic thinkers, or read some student op-eds on democracy.
