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Backsliding - Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World (Paperback)
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Backsliding - Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World (Paperback)
Series: Elements in Political Economy
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Loot Price R563
Discovery Miles 5 630
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Assaults on democracy are increasingly coming from the actions of
duly elected governments, rather than coups. Backsliding examines
the processes through which elected rulers weaken checks on
executive power, curtail political and civil liberties, and
undermine the integrity of the electoral system. Drawing on
detailed case studies, including the United States and countries in
Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa, the book focuses on
three, inter-related causal mechanisms: the pernicious effects of
polarization; realignments of party systems that enable elected
autocrats to gain legislative power; and the incremental nature of
derogations, which divides oppositions and keeps them off balance.
A concluding chapter looks at the international context of
backsliding and the role of new technologies in these processes. An
online appendix provides detailed accounts of backsliding in 16
countries, which can be found at www.cambridge.org/backsliding.
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