Within subunits of a democratic federation, lasting political
practices that restrict choice, limit debate, and exclude or
distort democratic participation have been analyzed in recent
scholarship as subnational authoritarianism. Once a critical number
of citizens or regions band together in these practices, they can
leverage illiberal efforts at the federal level. This timely,
data-driven book compares federations that underwent transitions in
the first, second, and third waves of democratization and offers a
substantial expansion of the concept of subnational
authoritarianism. The eleven expert political scientists featured
in this text examine the nature and scope of subnational democratic
variations within six large federations, including the United
States, India, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Russia. Illiberal
Practices makes the case that subnational units are more likely to
operate by means of illiberal structures and practices than as
fully authoritarian regimes. Detailed case studies examine uneven
levels of citizenship in each federal system. These are distributed
unequally across the different regions of the country and display
semi-democratic or hybrid characteristics. Appropriate for scholars
and students of democratization, authoritarianism, federalism,
decentralization, and comparative politics, Illiberal Practices
sheds light on the uneven extension of democracy within countries
that have already democratized. Contributors: Jacqueline Behrend,
Andre Borges, Julian Durazo Herrmann, Carlos Gervasoni, Edward L.
Gibson, Desmond King, Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Celina Souza, Maya
Tudor, Laurence Whitehead, Adam Ziegfeld
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