Torches, Pitchforks, and Political Parties

<p>Accountability is crucial for the functioning of any democracy, where those who govern are assumed to have a high degree of responsibility toward those who are governed.</p> <p>However, the days are long gone when an unhappy populace could turn to torches and pitchforks to revolt against a negligent ruler. Accountability in politics has evolved from this more direct and raw expression of sovereignty, and now takes many covert and dissipated forms which are not as easily discernible; and this has a purpose.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/statecraft/torches-pitchforks-and-political-parties-c32f3f6789ea"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>