Democratic Backsliding or Stabilization? by Hakan Sönmez

“…The question arises whether the studies outlining a process of democratic backsliding are backed by adequate data. The comparison of indices shows that the pessimistic authors are in minority. …”
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Wartime Elections as Democratic Backsliding by Oleksandr Vodiannikov

“…I will argue that (1) wartime parliamentary elections are expressis verbis inconsistent with the Ukrainian Constitution, and (2) wartime elections would undermine the legitimacy of democratic institutions and potentially lead to democratic backsliding.</p> …”
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Democratic Backsliding and the Supreme Court in Mexico by Julio Ríos-Figueiroa

“…<p>Democratic backsliding begins at the ballot box, and the turning point in Mexico was the election of 2018, which the charismatic leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his party won by a landslide. …”
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The Right to Education and Democratic Backsliding in India by Gaurav Mukherjee

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Interest Group Strategic Responses to Democratic Backsliding by Danica Fink-Hafner, Sara Bauman

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Democratic backsliding as a threat of a return to authoritarianism by OlegTkach

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Democratic Backsliding and Organized Interests in Central and Eastern Europe: An Introduction by Rafael Pablo Labanino, Michael Dobbins

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Special edition – Brazil’s Democratic “Backsliding”: It is worse than imagined by Beatriz Silva da Costa

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“New normal” no more: democratic backsliding in Singapore after 2015 by Abdullah, Walid Jumblatt

“…Yet, after the subsequent GE in 2015, in which the PAP attained a much higher share of the votes in a resounding victory, there is an apparent democratic backsliding. Academics have been publicly censured by state leaders, legislation has been passed to strengthen the coercive capacity of the state, and dissenters have faced draconian measures. …”
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Democratic backsliding and resilience during a pandemic: the cases of Poland and Italy by Andrea Cassani, Angelo Panaro, Adam Szymański, Łukasz Zamęcki

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Democratic backsliding and resilience during a pandemic: the cases of Poland and Italy by Andrea Cassani, Angelo Panaro, Adam Szymański, Łukasz Zamęcki

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Defender of Democracy: The Role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in Preventing Rapid Democratic Backsliding by Adfin Rochmad Baidhowah

“…While the issue of Indonesia’s democratic backsliding has gained considerable attention and generated much academic literature, few scholars have analyzed why Indonesia has not entered a phase of rapid backsliding or a return to authoritarianism. …”
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Supranational responses to democratic backsliding: norm contestation and discursive polarisation in the European Parliament by Wunsch, N, Chiru, M

“…The European Parliament (EP) has repeatedly been criticised for its slow, insufficient response to democratic backsliding in several member states. At the same time, it is the arena where we find some of the most vigorous defences of the EU’s fundamental values and appeals to safeguard the rule of law across the Union. …”

DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN GEORGIA AND THE ROLE OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE GEORGIAN DREAM AND THE UNITED NATIONAL MOVEMENT by Orcun Caliskan

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Multilevel Venue Shopping Amid Democratic Backsliding in New European Union Member States by Rafael Labanino, Michael Dobbins

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Policy dismantling by capacity manipulation in a context of democratic backsliding: The bureaucracy in disarray in Bolsonaro’s Brazil by Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva

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Second parliamentary chambers as safeguards against democratic backsliding? Case study of Czech and Polish senates by Petr JUST, Jakub CHARVAT

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Special edition – Brazil’s Democratic “Backsliding”: why should we fear Bolsonaro’s government in Brazil? by Flavia Batista da Silva

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The democratic backsliding paradigm in enlarged European Union countries: In-depth analysis of V-Dem indicators by Ryo Nakai

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Special edition – Brazil’s Democratic “Backsliding”: The Erosion of Brazilian Democracy in Pandemic Times – Effects on Race and Class by Deanivea Mendes Felix

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