Understanding the Democratic Crisis

Описание: Gordon Sandison Memorial Lecture



Featuring Professor Jake Grumbach

University of Washington Department of Political Science

Brought to you by:

WWU Political Science Department

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

WWU Alumni Association



In recent years, scholars and observers have grown increasingly concerned about the fate of American democracy. But while much of the attention has been focused on Washington, D.C., the U.S. has a decentralized form of federalism that administers democratic institutions at the state level. In this talk, Professor Grumbach will show how we have to look to the state level to understand the current crisis of American democracy. State governments have been central to battles over democracy throughout American history. Yet unlike earlier periods, today it is national conflicts over race, labor, and democracy that are playing out through the subnational institutions of state governments. Professor Grumbach concludes with lessons that social science research teaches us about how to reinvigorate American democracy.



The Gordon Sandison Memorial Lecture is an annual event of the Political Science Department, held in conjunction with the Political Science Association student conference with generous support from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.