Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World

ISBN-13: 9781108958400 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 75 str.

Stephan Haggard; Robert Kaufman

Opis

Backsliding shows how democratically elected rulers can weaken checks on executive power, curtail political rights, and undermine electoral systems.

Recenzje

'… Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman offer some clarity through a theoretical framework designed to help explain this political phenomenon.' Democracy Paradox

Spis treści

1. Backsliding: Concept, Mechanisms, Measurement; 2. Social and Political Origins of Backsliding: The Role of Polarization; 3. Constitutions in the Balance: Parties, Legislatures and the Collapse of the Separation of Powers; 4. The Backsliding Process; 5. Conclusion.