Democracy & Civic Health
Journal of Democracy
A leading publication on democratic governance and political polarization, offering ongoing scholarship on the health of democratic institutions for practitioners tracking how the field’s underlying theory is evolving.
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A leading publication on democratic governance and political polarization, offering ongoing scholarship on the health of democratic institutions for practitioners tracking how the field’s underlying theory is evolving.

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The Journal of Democracy was founded in 1990 and is published by Johns Hopkins University Press. In 2026 it entered a partnership with Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, though its editors retain full editorial independence.
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