Efficient Secrets

Democratic Backsliding: The Politics of Backsliding

February 10, 2022 Oxford Constitutional Studies Forum Season 1 Episode 3
Efficient Secrets
Democratic Backsliding: The Politics of Backsliding
Show Notes

The second episode looks at the political process of backsliding and what happens to constitutions when this occurs, with experts on political institutions and the theory of (de)democratisation. What is democratic backsliding, why does it start, and when does it lead to transitions to authoritarianism? What kind of political regimes are more resistant to the impairment of democracy? And what can democracies do to prevent backsliding from occurring in the first place?

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