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What are democratic norms?
Podcast |
Civics 101
Publisher |
NHPR
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Government
History
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jan 15, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:05:23

Not every guiding principle in the United States is a law. Many are traditions, customs and best practices that someone came up with at one point and we all stuck to. These democratic norms are in place to facilitate a peaceful, respectful, smoothly-run government (they may not do a perfect job, but we need them nevertheless). So what happens when norms like respectful deference on the Senate floor or accepting election results are broken? science.uchicago.edu/directory/susan-stokes">Susan Stokes, professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy gives us the story.

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