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Global Challenges to Democracy

Global Challenges to Democracy

Paperback

General Political Science

ISBN10: 100960256X
ISBN13: 9781009602563
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 15 2025
Pages: 351
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Following democracy's global advance in the late 20th century, recent patterns of democratic erosion or 'backsliding' have generated extensive scholarly debate. Backsliding towards autocracy is often the work of elected leaders operating within democratic institutions, challenging conventional thinking about the logic of democratic consolidation, the enforcement of institutional checks and balances, and the development and reproduction of democratic norms. This volume tackles these challenges head-on, drawing theoretical insights from classic literature on democratic transitions and consolidation to help explain contemporary challenges to democracy. It offers a comparative perspective on the dynamics of democratic backsliding, the changing character of authoritarian threats, and the sources of democratic resiliency around the world. It also integrates the institutional, civil society, and international dimensions of contemporary challenges to democracy, while providing coverage of Western and Eastern Europe, South and Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States.

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Bunce, Valerie J.

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General Political Science