Author: John R. Wallach

Professor of political science at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and a founder and the first Director of the Hunter Human Rights Program.

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Democracy Doesn’t Make Us Better People—But It Should

Of all the political words that trip off our tongues yet bedevil understanding, one of the most important is “democracy.” Strictly translated, it signifies authoritative

John R. Wallach September 28, 2018