An examination in the contemporary state and aspects of democracy around the world.

Journalist Patrick Watson hosts a documentary series about democracy, its history and how people in various nations and cultures deal with the concept and practice. To do so, the series is divided up into episodes exploring various topics concerning it, like its origin in Ancient Athens, the American development and various elements of it like the freedom of speech, minority rights and economic justice.—Kenneth Chisholm <[email protected]>